George Gregory Printing Co. v. DeVoney

January 26, 1912, appellee, a corporation, brought suit in the municipal court of Chicago against appellants for the recovery of a claim of $1037.02. After various motions by the parties and rulings of the court, on March 28, 1912, the appellant John B. DeVoney petitioned the court for a change of venue, alleging that “all of the judges of the municipal court are prejudiced against the petitioner and in favor of the plaintiff.” Thereupon the municipal court granted the change of venue prayed and ordered that the cause be transferred to Branch 5 of said court, “to be there tried before the…