Reese v. Laymon

Defendant, Margart Laymon, is appealing from a judgment entered by the circuit court of Champaign County awarding damages in the amount of $5000 to plaintiff for personal injuries sustained in a collision between defendant’s automobile and plaintiff’s motorcycle. The direct appeal to this court is predicated on the ground that defendant’s constitutional right to a trial by jury has been infringed by the operation of section 64 of the Civil Practice Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, chap, no, par. 188.

The cause presents the issues of whether section 64 of the Civil Practice Act, when construed to…