Keenan v. Wells Bros.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthell, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
It is urged in behalf of the defendant that the original declaration did not state a cause of action. To this declaration a demurrer was filed, which the court overruled and thereupon defendant filed a plea of general issue. The pleadings remained in this condition until March 1,1907, more than three years after the cause of action arose. The case having been reached on the calendar for trial, the defendant by leave of court withdrew its plea of general issue and the demurrer was re-argued, with the result that the court sustained it. Leave was thereupon given plaintiff to file an amended or…
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- Illinois Central Railroad v. CampbellIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
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- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. MyersIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
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- Weber v. Northern Illinois Gas Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1973