Brown v. Leet

I do not concur in the conclusion reached by a majority of the court. The intervening Sunday was not a judicial day, and was not a “day of the term.” That Sunday is dies non juridieus, has frequently been announced in this State. Burton et al. v. City of Chicago, 53 Ill. 87; Chicago v. Vulcan Iron Works, 93 id. 222; Langabier v. Fairbury, Pontiac and Northwestern Railroad Co. 64 id. 243; Scammon v. City of Chicago, 40 id. 146; Baxter v. The People, 3 Gilm. 368. In Michie et al. v. Michie’s Admr. 17 Gratt. 109, it was expressly held that a Sunday which intervened between the first and tenth…