City of Rockford v. Russell
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Winnebago county; the Hon. John Y. Eustace, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtPillsbury, J.
It is first urged as a reason why this judgment should be reversed, that the court below erred in allowing the cross-motion of plaintiff for leave to prosecute his cause as a poor person under the statute.
This is a matter that must be left in a great measure to the discretion of the trial court, and with which an appellate court will not interfere unless such discretion has been greatly abused. In this case we perceive no such abuse of the discretion vested in the court below as would authorize us to review its action in that regard.
The next contention of the appellant is that the court erred…
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