Strause v. Owen Electric Belt & Appliance Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Gary

delivered the opinion oe the Court.

As to what this case is about, the abstract tells us; “JW. First count, special on a lease, and common counts.” We guess it is an action for unpaid rent, about which there could be no dispute. The appellants’ attorneys becoming engaged in a trial before another court, so that they could not attend to this case, advised the appellants to employ other attorneys, which advice the appellants declined to follow and the case was not attended to at all.

After judgment the appellants applied to have the judgment set aside, first, because…