Beckers v. City of Kankakee
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kankakee county; the Hon. Awmim W. De Selm, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1918.
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
John H. Beckers sued the City of Kankakee for legal services and had a judgment by default for $1,500 from which the city appeals.
The record certified here by the clerk shows that plaintiff filed the common counts in assumpsit, with a copy of account and an affidavit of claim thereto; that defendant filed a plea of the general issue with an affidavit of merits; that plaintiff moved to strike said plea from the files and that motion was heard and granted; that defendant then obtained leave to file a new affidavit of merits, or a…
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