Hedrick v. Bell
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon County; the Hon. Owen P. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Heard in this court at the May term, 1899.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Wright
delivered the opinion of the court.
■ During the trial of the case in the Circuit Court the judge who had presided from the beginning was called to the death-bed of a brother, and another judge of the same circuit presided to the close of the trial and until final judgment upon the verdict of the jury, which was against appellants, for $533.20 as damages in an action of assumpsit. Appellants objected to the substitution of another judge for the one who presided during the first four days of the trial, and, because of such change of judges, moved the court to…
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