American Car & Foundry Co. v. Hill
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. J. E. DunnEGAN, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison county; the Hon. J. E. DunnEGAN, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Fourth District affirming a judgment- of the circuit court of Madison county in favor of appellee, and against appellant, for $1999. From the evidence it appears that appellant was engaged in the business of building railway cars, and that it had a factory in Madison county; that a part of its equipment was a large building two hundred feet in width, four…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
It is first contended that the judge before whom the case was tried was not qualified to sit at the trial thereof. It appears from the record that a change of venue was taken from Judges Burroughs and Moore, two of the judges of the third circuit, on the ground .that the said judges were prejudiced against appellant; that the case then came on for trial before Judge Dunnegan, judge of the city court of Alton, in said Madison county, he being the presiding judge at said sitting of the circuit court of Madison county; that the name of Judge Dunnegan had not appeared in the application for a…
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