Legal Opinion

Duncan v. Chandler

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 11, 1879PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of McDonough county; the Hon. S. P. Shops, Judge, presiding.

1Per curiam

This case was tried by the court below, by agreement of the parties, without the intervention of a jury. The court found for appellee, and gave a judgment in his favor.

From that judgment appellant took this appeal. While we might, on the merits of the case, be inclined to reverse the judgment, we are precluded from doing so from the fact that no exceptions were taken in the court below to the finding of the court, and no motion made for a new trial. In Parsons v. Evans, 17 Ill. 238, and in Sherman v. Skinner, 83 Ill. 584, the court held that where a cause is tried by the court by consent of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Parsons v. EvansIllinois Supreme Court · 1855
  2. Sherman v. SkinnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1876

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Butt v. LeeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1888
  2. Union Insurance v. CrosbyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1897

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