Elia v. Societa Mutuo Soccorso di Piane Crati

Appellate Court of Illinois

Elia v. Societa Mutuo Soccorso di Piane Crati

203 Ill. App. 278, 1917 Ill. App. LEXIS 207

CourtAppellate Court of Illinois

DecidedJanuary 22, 1917

DocketGen. No. 22,599

StatusPublished

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Elia v. Societa Mutuo Soccorso di Piane Crati, 203 Ill. App. 278, 1917 Ill. App. LEXIS 207 (Ill. Ct. App. 1917).

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Opinion

Mr. Presiding Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.

We must affirm the judgment in this case for the reason that the plaintiff in error has furnished this court with no proper abstract of record. What purports to be an abstract commences as follows:

“1. Placita.

Present: Honorable Sheridan Fry, judg'e of the Municipal Court of Chicago.

“2. Premise.

“3. Plaintiff’s statement of claim.

“5. Summons.

“6. Appearance of defendant.

“7. Order.

“8. Order.

“9. Affidavit of merits.

“10. Judgment for thirty-five ($35) dollars.”

As has been said many times, the abstract is the pleading of the parties and must inform the court of review as to what the case is about. The abstract before us utterly fails in this respect. See classic opinion by Judge Gary in Bishop v. Loewus, 63 Ill. App. 351. See also, Deane v. Michigan Stove Co., 69 Ill. App. 106.

In the absence of an abstract informing the court as to the character of the case and the issue involved, the judgment will be affirmed.

Affirmed.

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