Bishop v. Illinois Western Electric Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oscar M. Torbison, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice MoSurely
One phase of this case has already been before ns. See Wagener v. Western Electric Co., 213 Ill. App. 326. We there held that the oral motion asking the court to set aside the order of dismissal was not permitted by section 89 of the Practice Act (J. & A. ¶ 8626), which provides that such motions must be in writing. The order of the circuit court allowing this motion was therefore reversed and the cause remanded.
Subsequently an attempt was made to comply with this requirement of the statute and a written motion to vacate the order of dismissal was filed September 16, 1919. This last motion…
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