Legal Opinion

Ferris v. McClure

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1864PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Peoria county. Motion by defendant in error to suppress a master’s report which was copied into the transcript of the record on file in this court.

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam :

This was a suit in chancery. After answer, replication and proofs, and the cause set down for hearing, the court ordered the cause to be referred to the master, to ascertain and report upon certain matters; the master made his report, and it was filed in the court below.

It is now moved to suppress this report of the master, upon the grounds, that it is no part of the record, it not having been acted upon in the court below, nor offered or read in evidence on the hearing, nor forming any part of the bill of exceptions. The motion is made upon a misconception of the rules of…

2Cited by16 opinions

  1. Barnes v. EarleIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
  2. Meyer v. MeyerIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
  3. Blatchley v. ColesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1881
  4. Kimber v. KimberIllinois Supreme Court · 1925
  5. Cook v. MoultonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895

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