Burt v. Burt
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. O. H. Horton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtWaterman, J.
Exceptions in chancery causes may, and in many instances should be taken to pleadings for scandal, impertinence, insufficiency, etc. Exceptions may also be taken to reports of masters and receivers; but it is not necessary to preserve exceptions to the rulings of the court in allowing or overruling such exceptions. Flaherty v. McCormick et al., 123 Ill. 525. All of the evidence in the cause and the decree announced by the court are matters of record.
It is the correct practice for the chancellor, after the evidence is heard, to regard no portion of it which is immaterial or illegal, and to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Tunison v. ChamblinIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
- Flaherty v. McCormickIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
- Smith v. LongIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Swift v. CastleIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
- Willemin v. DunnIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
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3Cited by3 opinions
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