Austin v. Bass
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the City Court of Benton; the Hon. Robert E. Hickman, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1917.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice McBride
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellee failed to file her brief within the time prescribed by the rules of this court, and the judgment of the court could have been reversed and remanded pro forma, but, upon examining the record, we have determined to consider the case upon its merits.
The cause was submitted to a jury, and after a hearing it returned a verdict for the appellee, upon which a judgment was rendered for the amount of $1,800.
It appears from the record in this case that for some months prior to June 24, 1916, Nell Bass had been residing in a…
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