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  "name": "Benjamin S. Foreman v. George E. Sawyer",
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      "Benjamin S. Foreman v. George E. Sawyer."
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        "text": "Mr. Justice Craig\ndelivered the opinion of the Court:\nThis was an action of covenant, commenced in the circuit court of Whiteside county, by George E. Sawyer against Benjamin S. Foreman.\nThe ad damnum in the declaration was for only the sum of $300, while the judgment rendered by the court was $555.\nThe law is well settled, that the judgment can not exceed the ad da-mnum laid in the declaration. Oakes v. Ward, 19 Ill. 46; Brown v. Smith, 24 Ill. 196.\nIt was, therefore, error for the court to render judgment for a larger sum than that claimed in the declaration; for which the judgment will be reversed and the cause remanded, with leave to amend the declaration.\nJudgment reversed.",
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      "Messrs. Woodruff Bros., for the plaintiff in error.",
      "Mr. F. D. Ramsay, for the defendant in error."
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    "head_matter": "Benjamin S. Foreman v. George E. Sawyer.\nPractice. It is error to render judgment for a greater sum than that claimed in the declaration.\nWrit of Error to the Circuit Court of Whiteside county; the Hon. William W. Heaton, Judge, presiding.\nMessrs. Woodruff Bros., for the plaintiff in error.\nMr. F. D. Ramsay, for the defendant in error."
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