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40 Ill. 51

Gibbs v. Blackwell

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1864

Illinois Supreme Court · decided 1864-04-15

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Henry county. The record in this cause was filed on the 23d day of April, 1863, and, on the 13th of May following, the court ordered that the writ of error which should issue should operate as a supersedeas. The assignment of errors was set forth in the written abstract and brief of the plaintiff, but was not written upon or attached to the original transcript of the record.

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently June 1921

4 state decisions

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1864-04-15

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Per Curiam :

¶2The fifty-sixth-rule provides that where a writ of error is ■made a supersedeas, the plaintiff in error, on filing the record with the clerk, shall, at the same time, direct a scire facias to issue, and shall use reasonable diligence to have the same served ten days before the term. A neglect on the part of the plaint.iff in error to have a sevre facias issued, or a failure to use reasonable diligence to have the same served in proper time, does not entitle the defendant in error to have the cause dismissed, but he may join in error and have the cause heard at the present term, without giving the ten days’ notice as required by the sixth rule.

¶3The objection on account of the non-compliance with the rules in regard to printed abstracts and briefs is not well taken at this time; the cause is not yet called for hearing, and the rule on that subject may yet be complied with. Should the rule in regard to abstracts not be complied with, on or before the calling of the cause, it will be continued or dismissed, at the discretion of the court.

¶4The counsel for the plaintiff is required by the thirteenth rule to file one copy of a printed brief of the points and authorities to be used in the argument of the cause, for the use of the opposite counsel, at least one day previous to the argument; until the cause comes on for argument the court cannot know that there is a failure to comply with that rule. The motion to dismiss must be denied.

¶5Motion denied.

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