Legal Opinion

Phœnix Insurance v. Hedrick

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 3, 1897PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Assumpsit, on an insurance policy. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Richland County; the Hon. Edmund D. Youngblood, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scofield

The section of the practice act which allows appeals to this court requires that the party praying the appeal “ shall, within such time, not less than twenty days, as shall be limited by the court, give and file in the office of the clerk of the court from which the appeal is prayed, bonds in a reasonable amount to secure the adverse party, to be fixed by the court, with sufficient security, to be approved by the court.” Practice Act, Sec. 67.

Ho appeal can be perfected under this section unless the bond is approved, and such approval must be by the court.

Under Sec. 68 of Practice Act, the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pardridge v. MorgenthauIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Heffron v. RiceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1893
  3. Leach v. People ex rel. PattersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  4. Chicago Sash, Door & Blind Manufacturing Co. v. ShawAppellate Court of Illinois · 1891
  5. Fanning v. RogersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1892

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Sill v. SillIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  2. Sheppard-Strassheim Co. v. NickasAppellate Court of Illinois · 1917
  3. Newport v. McPhersonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1916

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