Lill Coal Co. v. Bellario

Defendant appeals from a judgment in plaintiffs favor contending that: (1) the trial court erred in restricting inquiry into damages defendant claimed to have suffered; and (2) the judgment was against the manifest weight of the evidence.

Although the record does not contain a report of proceedings, it does indicate that plaintiff sued defendant for nonpayment of coal defendant had received and that after a jury rendered a verdict in plaintiff’s favor the court entered judgment for plaintiff.

Defendant has filed neither a transcript of the trial court proceedings nor an acceptable substitute as…