North Chicago Street Railroad v. Leonard

I do not concur in this opinion. A motion for a change of venue made February 3, 1896, petition filed, which stated the knowledge of the prejudice of the judge first came to the petitioner February 3, 1896, and an affidavit attached, the jurat to which states that it was subscribed and sworn to on January 3,1896, on the face of the record and petition show there was a mere clerical error. In Doty v. Colton, 90 Ill. 453, there was an omission to attach the seal of the notary to the jurat, and there was a mistake in the date, and this court held “the mistake in the date of the attestation was a…