Burke v. Ward
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Order overruling a motion for a continuance. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. George F. Sugg, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1893, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court,
Shepard, J.
This cause was begun before a justice of the peace, and from a judgment there rendered in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant, who is the appellant, here, appealed to the Superior Court, where judgment was again given for plaintiff.
The error relied upon is the refusal by the Superior Court to grant a continuance of the cause, owing to the attendance of one of appellee’s attorneys, Mr. Joseph A. O’Donnell, upon the session of the State legislature as, a member thereof, when the case was reached for trial.
The law firm of O’Donnell & Coghlan, composed of the…
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