McClory v. Crawley
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action Originally Commenced in Justice’s Court,—Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1895.
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Presiding- Justice Waterman
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This cause being about to be tried in the court below, appellant filed an aflidavit setting forth “ That the defendant can not safely proceed to the trial of said cause on account of the absence of C. Porter Johnson, who is the attorney in said cause; that said C. Porter Johnson is a member of the Senate, one of the houses of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, and now in attendance upon a session of the said General Assembly, at the capital of said State; that said C. Porter Johnson was employed by this afiiant in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Williams v. BakerIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
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