Culver v. Brinkerhoff
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry V. Freeman, Judge, presiding.
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Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry V. Freeman, Judge, presiding. This writ of error is sued out for the purpose of reviewing a judgment of the Appellate Court, affirming an order entered by the superior court of Cook county on December 13,1897, overruling a motion made by the plaintiffs in error to set aside a decree of foreclosure entered against them on November 24, 1897. The facts are substantially as follows: On July 15, 1897, the defendant in error, William O. Brinkerhoff,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruber
Complaint is made by counsel for plaintiffs in error; that, after he had filed a demurrer to the bill in the court below, the demurrer was overruled, and a default taken, and a reference had to a master without notice to him. It clearly appears, that notice to argue the demurrer to the bill was left at the office of counsel for plaintiffs in error on October 4, 1897. Such notice stated, that the demurrer would be called up for argument the next day, Tuesday, October 5. Counsel for plaintiffs in error, although admitting that he was in his office on October 4 and 5,1897, claims that he never…
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