Legal Opinion

Knefel v. Swartz

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 14, 1897PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Assumpsit, on a guaranty of a promissory note. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Thomas Gr. Windes, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary

The abstract does not show what was the declaration upon which the appellee recovered, nor upon what evidence, on an ex parte trial.

It is impossible to tell from the abstract whether the affidavits presented on a motion for a new trial, have any relation to the cause of action upon which the recovery was had.

In such a case we can not say that the court erred in not granting a new trial.

Whatever the appellant relies upon for reversal of the judgment he must show by his abstract. City Electric Ry. v. Jones, 161 Ill. 47; Wabash R. R. v. Smith, 58 Ill. App. 419; Newman v. Jacobson, 67 Ill. App.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. City Electric Railway v. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Wabash Railroad v. SmithAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895
  3. Newman v. JacobsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1897

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Lanyon v. Michigan Buggy Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1901
  2. Guerin v. CoriganAppellate Court of Illinois · 1898

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