People ex rel. Munson v. Gary

This was a petition for mandamus, to compel Joseph E. Gary, one of the judges of the Superior Court of Cook county, to sign and seal a bill of exceptions in a certain cause which had been tried before him at the December term of court, 1879.

It appears from the record that the cause was tried in the absence of petitioner, who was defendant in the action, although he had a plea to the merits on file, and judgment was rendered against him for $803.32, December 17, 1879. On the 24th day of December following, and at the same term of court, petitioner, in open court, entered a motion to vacate the…