Legal Opinion

West Chicago Street R. R. v. Becker

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 12, 1895Published

Memorandum.—Certiorari. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1894, and affirmed.

1Opinion of the Court

Mb. Justioe Gaby

delivebbd the opinion of thf, Coubt.

April 21, 1894, the appellant filed a petition for a certiorari, to remove a cause in which judgment had been rendered against it from before a justice into the Superior Court, which was granted the same day. The affidavit verifying the petition was sworn to March 19, 1894. May 19, 1894, the record shows : “ On motion of plaintiff’s attorney, it is ordered that the writ of certiorari issued in said cause, be, and is hereby dismissed, at defendant’s costs, and that a procedendo do issue herein to the court below.”

The ground of the petition is…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Blair v. RayIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
  2. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Town of CalumetIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Harrison v. ChippIllinois Supreme Court · 1861
  4. Chicago World Book Co. v. BrewerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895
  5. City of Chicago v. PorterIllinois Supreme Court · 1888

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