Legal Opinion

Western Valve Co. v. Wells

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided July 13, 1906No. Gen. No. 12,600PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Action of assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, Judge, presiding, Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1905.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker

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In Allen v. Lumsden, 159 Ill. 219, it was held that propositions of law must be submitted at the trial of a cause and before the final decision. In Mann v. Learned, 195 Ill. 502, it was held reversible error for the court to refuse to consider propositions of law submitted after the case bad been argued, “and the court had made some remarks pertaining to his final decision in the case, but before the final decision or any intimation as to how it would be decided.”

Here the record shows that at the conclusion of the trial the cause was continued for the plaintiff to submit propositions of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Allman v. LumsdenIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Mann v. LearnedIllinois Supreme Court · 1902

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Levy v. BurkstromAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912
  2. Parisian Novelty Co. v. Advertisers Manufacturing Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1928

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