Legal Opinion

McWhinney v. Gill

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 21, 1912No. Gen. No. 16,226PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John W. Houston, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duncan

Ethelyn A. Gill prosecutes this writ of error to review a judgment of the Municipal Court against her in the sum of $96.88" in a case of the fourth class.

The defendant in error filed wih her statement of claim an affidavit of merits. Plaintiff in error entered her appearance. On return day defendant in error moved for a rule on plaintiff in error to file an affidavit of merits in three days, which the court allowed. At the expiration of the rule the court on motion entered said judgment by default in favor of defendant in error, for want of said affidavit of merits.

The sole ground urged for…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Koch v. DickinsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1910

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Cohen v. DavisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1913

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