Legal Opinion

Connelly v. Cover

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 23, 1902Published

Assumpsit, for wages. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, Judge presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams

Ellen Cover, the above named appellee, sued the appellants for wages which she claimed to have earned in performing services as a domestic in their family. The case was tried in the Circuit Court, on appeal from a justice of the peace, and judgment was rendered against J. J. Connelly for the sum of $200. Ho appearance has been entered or brief filed here for the appellee. This is a commendable instance of prudent economy, as the record furnishes no data for answers to the fatal errors pointed out by appellants’ counsel. When a jury was called to try the cause, and before they were impaneled,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Gould v. SternburgIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  2. Byrne v. ByrneIllinois Supreme Court · 1868

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