Case Name: R. B. Wallace v. Ida May S. Nergenah
Court: Illinois Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1904-10-14
Citations: 116 Ill. App. 453
Docket Number: 
Parties: R. B. Wallace v. Ida May S. Nergenah.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Appellate Court Reports
Volume: 116
Pages: 453–453

Head Matter:
R. B. Wallace v. Ida May S. Nergenah.
I. Verdict—when., not disturbed. A verdict based upon conflicting evidence will not be disturbed by the Appellate Court unless it is clearly against the weight of the evidence.
Action commenced before justice of the peace. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan County; the Hon. Owen P. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1904.
Affirmed.
Opinion filed October 14, 1904.
Layman & Morrisey, for appellant.
J. A. Bellatti and J. O. Priest, for appellee.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Gest
delivered the opinion of the court.
Judgment was rendered against appellant by the justice of the peace before whom this suit was begun and therefrom he appealed to the Circuit Court, where, after a jury trial, judgment was again entered against him for the same amount, $200.
The suit is upon a promissory note. The plea of the defendant is non est factum. The claim of the defendant is that he signed the note as a witness merely and not as maker. "We find no error in the rulings of .the court upon the admission of evidence or in the matter of instructions. The cause was fairly tried. The trial judge and jury saw and heard the witnesses. The evidence was conflicting. It is the peculiar province of the jury to determine the weight of the evidence; they found for the plaintiff and the trial judge has approved their verdict. We cannot interfere in such case unless we can see that the .verdict is clearly against the weight of the evidence.
The judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.