Field v. Chicago, Danville & Vincennes R. R.

This was an action of assumpsit, brought by appellee against appellants, in the circuit court of Cook county.

The pleas of appellants were filed on the 25th day of February, 1873. Replications, which all concluded to the country, were filed on the 17th day of March, 1873, which was the first day of the March term of court.

The cause was placed on the trial docket for the March term, and on the 20th day of March called for trial, on which day, as is shown on page 22 of the record, appellants entered a motion to strike the cause from the trial calendar, for the reason that the issues were not…