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201 Ill. App. 355

Maston v. Ross

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 21, 1916

Appellate Court of Illinois · decided 1916-04-21

<p>Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. E. R. E. Kimbrough, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the Octoher term, 1915:</p>

Affirmed · Decided 1916-04-21

Mr. Justice Thompson

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

Abstract of the Decision.Dismissal, nonsuit and discontinuance, § 29*—what does not constitute discontinuance of entire action. The dismissal of an action in assumpsit as against one of two defendants sued jointly, because of lack of evidence to support a judgment against such defendant, held not a discontinuance of the entire action, the • plaintiff having a right to amend his declaration and to state a cause of action and proceed against the other defendant.
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