City of Chicago v. English
Appellate Court of Illinois
Covenant for Rents. — Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Marcus Kavanagh, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
Bule 15 does not declare that contested motions shall not be heard on any day save Saturday, nor that no contested motion will be heard unless placed upon a calendar of contested motions by the clerk for which three days’ notice has been given. Without regard, however, to this, and without expressing an opinion as to whether a contested motion can be heard upon any day save Saturday, it is well settled that the court, when exercising its discretion to set aside a default and allow a party to plead, may impose terms.
In the present case, the court did impose reasonable terms as a condition of…
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