Mosher v. Scofield
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Assumpsit. In the Circuit Court of Cook County; on appeal from a justice of the peace; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding. Trial by jury, verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the October term, 1894, and affirmed.
1Opinion
Mr. Presiding Justice Waterman
delivered the opinion of the Court upon a Petition for Rehearing.
In a petition for rehearing filed in this cause our attention is called to a number of authorities bearing, it is said, upon the practice under which this case was disposed of.
It is always an ungracious task to dispose of a cause otherwise than upon its merits. Established rules of procedure must be observed and neither this court nor any other can ignore the existence of forms essential to the orderly and uniform administration of justice.
In the case of Brooks v. Bruyn, 40 Ill. 64, by suggestion of…
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