Douglass v. Parker
Illinois Supreme Court
Wbit of Ebbob to the Circuit Court of Coles county; the Hon. James Steele, Judge, presiding. This was an .action of assumpsit, brought by Parker and Plumbe, in the Coles County Circuit Court, against Douglass, wherein, upon trial by the court at the October Term, 1866, the issue was found for the plaintiffs.
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Wbit of Ebbob to the Circuit Court of Coles county; the Hon. James Steele, Judge, presiding. This was an .action of assumpsit, brought by Parker and Plumbe, in the Coles County Circuit Court, against Douglass, wherein, upon trial by the court at the October Term, 1866, the issue was found for the plaintiffs. It would appear, that the plaintiffs, Parker and Plumbe, were non-residents, and that their attorney on the day suit was brought, filed a bond for costs in the following form : “I hereby enter myself security for costs in the above entitled cause, and acknowledge myself bound to pay the…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
The errors assigned upon this record relate to the alleged ruling of the court upon a motion to dismiss for want of proper bond for costs, and upon questions of evidence.
There is however no bill of exceptions in the record, and these questions are therefore not before us. As we have often said, motions of this character only become a part of the record by means of a bill of exceptions.
Judgment affirmed.
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