Kilian v. Clark

It is very evident from this record that injustice has been done the appellants. They were sued by appellee, ail attorney, before a justice of the peace, at Wilmette, a village north of Evanston, and thirteen miles out of Chicago. As was their right to do, they did not appear; so appellee took judgment against them for $150 for alleged services performed by him for them as attorney. They thereupon took an appeal to the circuit court, by tiling their bond with the clerk of that court. This appeal was perfected, the transcript of the justice was filed, the appearance of appellants by attorney,…