Bolger v. Harrigan

Plaintiff brought suit for specific performance of a written contract signed by Nora M. Harrigan, the principal defendant, as one of the joint owners of two lots in Mount Prospect, Illinois. The chancellor overruled the exceptions of Mrs. Harrigan to the master’s report and entered a decree against her, from which she appeals.

Pending disposition of the case in this court, plaintiff moved to dismiss the appeal because, as he alleged, this court had lost jurisdiction since more than fifty days had elapsed between the filing of the notice of appeal and the filing of the report of proceedings, in…