Zweitusch v. Lowy
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Assumpsit. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. John Barton Payne, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at October term, 1894.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
The appellee sued' the appellant for damages for an alleged improper discharge of the appellee from the services of the appellant. The conflicting evidence fills eight pages of the printed abstract. When the evidence was in, the court allowed the counsel of the appellant only five minutes to address the jury, and to that limit the appellant excepted.
The right to open and close an argument before a jury is regarded as important and error may be committed in de. nying it. Carpenter v. First Nat. Bk., 19 Ill. App. 549. The limit in this case in effect cut off any substantial presentation of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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