Eggleston v. Royal Trust Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First- District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John C. Garver, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First- District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John C. Garver, Judge, presiding. This case has been before us before, and is reported as Eggleston v. Royal Trust Co. 192 Ill. 101. It appears from the .opinion, filed in the case of Eggleston v. Royal Trust Co. supra, that, on October 30,1899, the circuit court of Cook county entered a judgment in favor of defendant in error against plaintiffs in error for §17,587.50; that, at the same term, plaintiffs in error entered their motion in said court to set aside…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
delivered the- opinion of the court:
This case was tried on. October 30, 1899, upon the short-cause calendar before a judge sitting in the circuit court of Cook county, and a jury. The action is upon a promissory note, and the plea was the general issue, with affidavit of merits thereto attached of a defense upon the merits as to §3569.79 of the amount sued for. When the trial took place, neither of the appellants was present, nor was their attorney present. There is no bill of exceptions in the record, showing what took place at said trial, or showing the evidence upon which the verdict and…
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