Legal Opinion

Wallahan v. People

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1867PublishedCited by 6 opinions

It appearing that an additional record had been filed in this cause by the appellee, Mr. R. E. Williams, for the appellants, entered a motion to strike the same from the files.

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam :

The amended record filed purports to be an additional bill of exceptions, signed in vacation, a year and a half after the trial of the cause, and without notice to the opposite counsel; it must be stricken from the files. If a party desires the amendment or correction of a record after the term at which the cause was tried, he should, on proper notice, apply in open court, and have the amendment appear from an order of court entered in term time. The record, as it appears in the Circuit Court, cannot be altered except by an order of the same court, made in term time. A bill of…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. EllsworthIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Devine v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  3. Myers v. PhillipsIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  4. Quigley v. QuigleyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1932
  5. Pinkerton v. Grand Pacific Hotel Co.Illinois Circuit Court · 1903

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