United States Life Insurance v. Shattuck

On the 17th day of March, 1894, it being one of the days of the March term, 1894, of the Superior Court of Cook county, the court rendered judgment on the verdict of a jury in favor of Sophia J. Shattuck, the appellee, and against the United States Life Insurance Company of the city of New York, appellant, for $11,250 damages and for costs. The defendant corporation prayed an appeal to the Appellate Court for the First District, which was on the same day allowed, upon its giving bond as required by the order of the court, and said order further required “its bill of exceptions to be filed…