Dornan v. Buckley
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill in chancery. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edwabd F. Dunne, Judge, presiding. Statement by the Court. May 2, 1902, about 400 employees of the Chicago City Railway Company held a meeting for the purpose of forming a division of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees. Necessarily this first meeting was temporary in its character.
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Bill in chancery. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edwabd F. Dunne, Judge, presiding. Statement by the Court. May 2, 1902, about 400 employees of the Chicago City Railway Company held a meeting for the purpose of forming a division of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees. Necessarily this first meeting was temporary in its character. On that day M. C. Buckley was chosen president, R. F. Hahn financial secretary, and appellant treasurer. Dues to the amount of $395 were collected from the members and deposited in the Oakland National Bank of Chicago in…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Ball
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellant contends that it was error to proceed to final decree without determining the claims and demands set forth in the cross-bill. That cross-bill was not at issue. It is true that the defendants to the same were ruled to answer it within ten days, and that time had expired before the hearing on the original bill, but appellant had not seen fit to compel an answer nor to default them. It was his fault that the cross-bill was not ready to be heard with the original bill. It is not essential to a hearing upon the original bill…
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