Hallam v. Coc
Appellate Court of Illinois
Petition, for rule on sheriff as to distribution of the proceeds of a sale. Error to the Circuit Court of Livingston County; the Hon. Charles R. Starr, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
Section 65 of the Practice Act authorizes the confession of judgments in term time or vacation, and provides that judgments entered in vacation shall have like force and effect, and from the date thereof become liens, in like manner and extent as judgments entered in term. In Conkling v. Ridgely & Co., 112 Ill. 36, two quite different meanings of the word “ vacation ” were recognized—the strict definition being, “ All the time between the end of one term and the beginning of another; ” and the broader and more liberal meaning being, “ Intermission of judicial proceedings; the recess of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Field v. RidgelyIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Leib v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840
- Conkling v. Nicholas H. Ridgely & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1884
- First National Bank v. DalyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889