Hinckley v. Dean

This was an action ex contractu, brought originally before a justice of the peace in Cook county. Appellee recovered a judgment before the justice for $137.50, and costs. Defendant appealed therefrom to the Superior Court of that county. The case was dismissed for want of prosecution, under a rule of court made and entered on the records of the court on the 14th of February, 1880. The rule is this:

“Ordered, That the following be entered of record for reference, and for information of attorneys as to the manner of calling and disposing of eases in the branch of the Superior Court of Cook…