Dobson v. Hughes
Appellate Court of Illinois
Transcript, on appeal from a justice of the peace. Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Francis Adams, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1896.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
delivered ti-ie opinion of the Court.
The Circuit Court dismissed the appeal of the plaintiffs in error to that court from the judgment of the Probate Court “ for want of a proper bond * * * filed in the Probate Court.”
The brief of the plaintiff in error alleges that such a bond was duly filed in the Probate Court, “ but was not approved oby the judge of said court, owing to his absence from the city on vacation.”
The prayer in the Probate Court for an appeal was on the 5th day of August, 1891, and was granted upon “ presenting to this court within twenty days from this date their appeal bond,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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