Walsh v. Ray
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago. Charles H. Ray instituted an action of forcible detainer against John D. Walsh, before a justice of the peace in Cook County, and the cause was subsequently removed into the Superior Court of Chicago by appeal.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago. Charles H. Ray instituted an action of forcible detainer against John D. Walsh, before a justice of the peace in Cook County, and the cause was subsequently removed into the Superior Court of Chicago by appeal. Pending such appeal, Walsh, the defendant, applied for a change of venue, and in support of his application set up the facts as alleged in the following petition: “Your petitioner, John D. Walsh, the defendant in the “ above entitled cause, respectfully represents and shows unto “ your Honors, that the judges of this court are all prejudiced “…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
A petition for a change of venue was filed in the court below, by appellant. It stated that the judges of the Superior Court were all prejudiced against petitioner, and in favor of plaintiff in the case. That he feared that he would be unable to obtain a fair and impartial trial of the cause, in that court. It also stated that the existence of such prejudice in the minds of the judges, first came to his knowledge on the day the petition was filed, and the motion was entered. It prayed a change of venue to some court where such prejudice did not exist, pursuant to the provisions of the…
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