Griesheimer v. Meyers
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for goods sold and delivered. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. John C. Garver, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams
Appellants’ counsel assign as error the overruling of their motion to strike the cause from the short cause calendar, made when the cause was called for trial, and also their motion to the same effect, at the close of the plaintiffs’ case, when the trial, apparently; had lasted more than an hour. The first motion was made on the alleged ground that it was apparent from depositions filed in the cause, that the cause could not be tried in an hour.
When a case regularly on the short cause calendar is called for trial, it is not the practice, nor does the statute contemplate that the court will…
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