Legal Opinion

Williams v. Breitung

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 23, 1905PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court, dismissing appellant’s appeal to that court from an order of the circuit court o'f Cook county, dismissing appellee’s bill of complaint on his own motion.

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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court, dismissing appellant’s appeal to that court from an order of the circuit court o'f Cook county, dismissing appellee’s bill of complaint on his own motion. The bill of complaint herein was filed on May 10,• 1904, by appellee against appellant and the Masonic Fraternity Temple Association and another, based on a restrictive cove7 nant in a lease from said Masonic…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder

In the trial court the complainant there, who is the appellee here, dismissed his own bill at his own costs, and to this order of dismissal the appellant here, one of the defendants below, duly excepted. When the cause came by the appeal of the appellant before the Appellate Court, the appellee moved to dismiss the appeal, and the court granted the motion. In its order, dismissing the appeal, the Appellate Court states, as a reason for dismissing the appeal, that the decree appealed from was one dismissing the bill at complainant’s, or appellee’s, costs upon the complainant’s own motion, and…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. McIntyre v. SholtyIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Kingsland v. KoeppeIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Purdy v. HensleeIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  4. Davidson v. BondIllinois Supreme Court · 1850
  5. Gray v. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 1899

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Galowich v. Beech Aircraft Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Houchin Sales Co. v. AngertCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
  3. Arndt v. ArndtIllinois Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Klinge v. Southern Pac. Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1936
  5. Sinclair v. SinclairAppellate Court of Illinois · 1922

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