Wilson v. Baillargeon Interior Building Co.

The clerk of the Circuit Court has certified a complete transcript of the record below, and in it is no plea; it must be taken as true that no plea was ever in the case; and that, notwithstanding that the judgment entry says “ issues being joined,” there never was an issue. But if there had been, the judgment could not be sustained. The declaration shows no cause of action, and that is an objection always open to the defendant when he brings a case into a court of review and assigns it as error. Chi., Mil. & St. Paul Ry. v. Hoyt, 50 Ill. App. 583; Chi. & E. I. R. R. v. Hines, 132 Ill. 161.

We…