Schwartz v. Brinks Chicago City Express Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holdom
This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment against it for $2,500 rendered upon the verdict of a jury in an action for negligently causing the death of plaintiff’s intestate, a little boy of the age of four years.
Appellee moved the court, on January 17, 1916, to strike the bill of exceptions from the files and to affirm the judgment, which motion the court took for deliberation in conference. When the motion was reached in conference the record, which it was indispensable for the court to examine in order to decide the motion, was not in the files* but was in the possession of counsel for…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. RosenwaldIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
- Illinois Improvement & Ballast Co. v. HeinsenIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
3Cited by1 opinion
- Peter Hand Brewing Co. v. NausedaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1918