India Rubber Co. v. C. J. Smith & Sons Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
In Equity.—Interlocutory orders appointing a receiver and consolidating causes. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Horton
delivered the opinioh of the Court.
This is an appeal from orders in each of said causes appointing a receiver, and from an order of consolidation.
As to the order consolidating, not only was it not erroneous, but such orders are to be commended. Even if there had been no motion by either party, it would have been the duty of the court to have ordered the consolidation when the substantial identity of the subject-matter of the two cases came to its knowledge. Woodburn v. Woodburn, 23 Ill. App. 296.
By an order entered February 8,1898, the Circuit Court directed the sheriff to turn over to the…
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