Stockley v. Goodwin
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marion county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This was a claim originally presented by William Goodwin against the estate of Isaac Young, deceased, for services. The claim was allowed by the county court, and the administrator of the estate appealed the cause to the circuit court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marion county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding. This was a claim originally presented by William Goodwin against the estate of Isaac Young, deceased, for services. The claim was allowed by the county court, and the administrator of the estate appealed the cause to the circuit court. On a trial in the latter court, the jury found in favor of the plaintiff, in the sum of $247. The plaintiff remitted $31, and the court rendered judgment for the balance against the administrator, to be paid in the due course of administration. From this judgment the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
The first question presented by this record arises upon the decision of the circuit court in overruling appellant’s motion for a continuance, entered on the first day of the term.
The motion was made under section 47, Revised Statutes of 1874, page 780, which provides for a continuance of a cause under certain circumstances, where the party, or his attorney, may be a member of the legislature.
The affidavit filed failed to state that the attorney, who was a member of the legislature, had been employed in the cause. prior to the commencement of the session, as required by section 48 of the act,…
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