Ware v. Salsbury
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill of Discovery, etc.—Trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. Hearing and decree for complainants on master’s report; appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Windes
delivered the opinion of the court.
The only question presented which we deem it necessary to consider, is whether the evidence is sufficient to support the findings of the chancellor, when it is considered that the bill called for an answer under oath, that the cause was heard upon bill, the sworn answer of defendant, replication thereto, master’s report and exceptions thereto, together with the evidence taken by the master.
In so far as a sworn answer, when called for, is responsive to the allegations of the bill, it must be taken as true, unless it is overcome by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Stouffer v. MachenIllinois Supreme Court · 1855