Legal Opinion

Parsley v. Halloran

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 13, 1900PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Arthur H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1899.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman

■ This was an action originally begun before a justice of the peace from whose judgment an appeal was taken to the Superior Court.

■ The case was tried upon the “ short cause calendar,” and the principal contention of appellant’s counsel is that such trial was improper for want of compliance with the statutory requisites.

A motion to strike the case from said “short cause calendar” was denied, and the court subsequently overruled a similar motion at the time the case was called for trial.

The statute requires that in order to place a cause upon the “ short cause calendar,” the plaintiff, his…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Donnerstag v. LoewenthalAppellate Court of Illinois · 1898
  2. Gudgeon v. CaseyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. McDonald v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1905
  2. Casey v. JordanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1901

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