Devine v. Chicago City Railway Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Homer Abbott, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Barnes
In the trial of this case, the court, over objection of defendant, admitted in evidence the testimony given by a witness at a former trial. No effort was made to subpoena Mm until January 18, 1911, the day before the trial began, and no effort was made to locate him after the latter part of September or the first part of October previous, when it was thought the-case would soon be reached for trial, and when he was reported as still living in Chicago. On December 18, 1910, he left CMcago and went to Omaha, Nebraska. On motion for leave to read such testimony, plaintiff’s attorney presented Ms…
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