Chicago Public Stock Exchange v. McClaughry
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. Gr. Ewing, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. Gr. Ewing, Judge, presiding. This is a bill filed on March 9,1892, by the appellant against the appellee, and the following.is a statement of the substance of the bill as set out in the abstract of the record filed in this court by the appellant -. “Bill alleges incorporation February, 1892, of appellant under the laws of this State, and that it was incorporated for the purpose of ‘collecting and publishing market quotations, and furnishing facilities for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The only error insisted upon by counsel for appellant and argued in his brief is the action of the Circuit Court in overruling the motion for a continuance. The motion for a continuance was based upon an affidavit made by the president of the appellant corporation, from which it appears that the principal or senior counsel of the complainant was a member of the State Senate and in actual attendance upon a session of the General Assembly at the Capital of the State, and had been employed by complainant as its solicitor in said suit prior to the commencement of the said session of the General…
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