Newport v. McPherson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John Stelk, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Barnes
Motion is made by appellees to dismiss the appeal herein, which was prayed and allowed January 18, 1915, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of Chicago rendered the same day. No time was specified within which to file the appeal bond. In such a case it is assumed that the time given was twenty days, the shortest time allowed by the statute. (Bairstow v. New York Life Ins. Co., 148 Ill. App. 186.)
On February 16th, twenty-nine days after allowing the appeal, the court on appellants’ motion entered an order nunc pro tunc allowing forty days from January 18th, in which to file the bond. The…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. RosenwaldIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
- Grubb v. MilanIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
- Hill v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Phœnix Insurance v. HedrickAppellate Court of Illinois · 1897
- Bairstow v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1909