People ex rel. City of Gilman v. Blades
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an application on behalf of the city of Gilman, against Franklin Blades, to compel him, as judge of the circuit court, to sign a bill of exceptions prepared in an action wherein Margaret Haley was plaintiff, and .the city of Gilman defendant, tried before him in the circuit court of Iroquois county. The material facts appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
This is an application for a mandamus to compel the respondent to sign a hill of exceptions. At the November term, 1881, of the Iroquois circuit court, an action at law, wherein Margaret Haley was plaintiff, and the city of Gilman was defendant, was tried, resulting in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant prayed an appeal to the Appellate Court for the Second District, which was allowed, and time was given by the court to file a bill of exceptions' during the term. During the same term, but near its close, being on the 30th of November, 1881, no bill of exceptions having…
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