Kuzminski v. Waser

Mr. Presiding Justice Scanlan

delivered the opinion of the court.

An action for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff. A jury returned a verdict finding defendants guilty and assessing plaintiff’s damages at $5,000. Judgment was entered upon the verdict. Defendants’ motion for a new trial, made nine days after the entry of the judgment, was overruled. Defendants prosecuted an appeal to the Supreme Court (Kuzminski v. Waser, 374 Ill. 428) “on the ground, as it is claimed, that although the appellants had the form they did not have the essence of due process of law or a…