Blashfield's Instructions to Juries, Civil and Criminal Cases

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: saloons of the defendants, within the time alleged in the declaration, such fact should not be considered by you, in reductions or mitigation of damages.31 G. Verdict. 4702. Form of verdict. The court instructs the jury that if you find the defendants guilty, the form of your verdict may be, We, the jury,...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: saloons of the defendants, within the time alleged in the declaration, such fact should not be considered by you, in reductions or mitigation of damages.31 G. Verdict. 4702. Form of verdict. The court instructs the jury that if you find the defendants guilty, the form of your verdict may be, We, the jury, find the defendants guilty and assess the plaintiff's damages at ' dollars; and, in case you find the defendants not guilty, the form of your verdict should be, We, the jury, find the defendants not guilty. 32 31?Hackett v. Smelslay, 77 HI. 109. 32?Triggs v. Mclntyre, 215 111. 369, aff'g 115 111. App. 257. Blashfield Vol. Ill?5 CHAPTER CLXIV. JOINT ADVENTURES. i 4703. Actions between parties?Breach of contract. Cross-Eeference. See Partnership. 4703. Actions between parties?Breach of contract. The court instructs the jury that if they believe from the evidence that the plaintiff and defendant made the contract described in the declaration, by which contract the defendant was to pur- cha'se the public lands described in the declaration and the plaintiff was to plat, survey and subdivide the lands so purchased, and the plaintiff was to dispose of the same either at private or public sale for the joint benefit of plaintiff and defendant, and if the jury believe from the evidence that the plaintiff performed the alleged contract on his part by platting and surveying and subdividing the land described in the contract at his own expense, that he advertised and sold a part of the lots with the concurrence of defendant and at plaintiff's own expense and was willing and offered to advertise and sell the balance and could have sold the same, but was prevented by defendant from making a further sale thereof without any just or reasonable excuse, ...