Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Stevens v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 29, 1894PublishedCited by 37 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. Nicholas E. Worthington, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker

Some sixteen days after the commencement of the term, and a week or more after this cause had been submitted to the court for decision upon the merits, a motion to dismiss the appeal was entered therein, and seventeen reasons assigned, and elaborately argued in a printed brief, as the grounds of such motion. That motion was reserved until the final disposition of the case. In disposing of it we do not deem it expedient to pass in detail upon the several grounds urged for the proposed action of the court. It is sufficient to say, that some of the grounds insisted upon are not based on the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Cowell v. Springs Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. Cruse v. AdenIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Christian Union v. YountSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  4. Stevens v. PrattIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  5. Hempstead v. ReedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1827

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Kasson v. RoseIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Harrington v. Inter-State Business Men's Accident Ass'nMichigan Supreme Court · 1920
  3. People ex rel. Akin v. Board of Supervisors of Adams CountyIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  4. People ex rel. Roos v. KaulIllinois Supreme Court · 1922
  5. O'BRIEN v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1952

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