Case Name: The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway Company v. B. B. Booth
Court: Illinois Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1882-09-29
Citations: 11 Ill. App. 358
Docket Number: 
Parties: The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway Company v. B. B. Booth.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Appellate Court Reports
Volume: 11
Pages: 358–358

Head Matter:
The Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway Company v. B. B. Booth.
Motion for new trial — Causes suggested. — Where the motion for a new trial does not suggest as a cause therefor that the damages were excessive, such objection can not be urged on appeal.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jasper county; the Ron. Thomas S. Caset, Judge, presiding.
Opinion filed September 29, 1882.
Hr. John B. Cohes and Hr. J. P. Robinson, for appellant.
■ Hessrs. Pithian, Heap & Wheeler, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The causes for a new trial were specified in tlie motion filed therefor in the court below. It was not suggested as a cause for new trial that the damages were excessive. This being so, this ground for a new trial can not be urged in this court. Emory v. Addis, 71 Ill. 274; Jones v. Jones, Idem, 562; R. R. Co. v. McMath, 91 Ill. 104.
The judgment is affirmed.
Casey, J., took no part in the decision of this case.