REPORTS OF CASES 34 DECIDED IN THE APPELLATE COURTS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS VOLUME XLVIII CONTAINING THE REMAINING CASES SUBMITTED AT THE NOVEMBER TERMS, 1890 AND 1891, AND A PORTION OF THE CASES SUB- MITTED AT THE MAY AND NOVEMBER TERMS, 1892, OF THE THIRD DISTRICT. REPORTED BY MARTIN L. NEWELL OF THE SPRINGFIELD BAR CHICAGO CALLAGHAN & COMPANY Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1894, BY CALLAGHAN & COMPANY, In the office of the Librariau of Congress, at Washington, D. C. THE APPELLATE COURTS OF ILLINOIS. THE Appellate Courts are held by three judges of the Circuit Court in each of the four districts. The Judges of the Appellate Courts are assigned by the Supreme Court for a term of three years. The following is the assignment of judges made at the June term, 1891. One Clerk of the Appellate Court is elected in each district for a term of six years. REPORTER-Martin L. Newell, Springfield, Sangamon county. FIRST DISTRICT. Composed of the county of Cook. Court sits at Chicago, Cook county. TERMS-First Tuesdays in March and October. JUDGES. JOSEPH E. GARY, Ashland Block, Chicago. SECOND DISTRICT. Composed of the Northern Grand Division of the Supreme Court, except Cook county. Court sits at Ottawa, LaSalle county. TERMS-Third Tuesday in May, and the first Tuesday in December. JUDGES. JAMES H. CARTWRIGHT, Oregon, Ogle county. OLIVER A. HARKER, Carbondale, Jackson county. THIRD DISTRICT. Composed of the Central Grand Division of the Supreme Court. TERMS-Third Tuesdays in May and November. CLERK-George W. Jones, Springfield, Sangamon county. JUDGES. GEORGE W. WALL, DuQuoin, Perry county. GEORGE W. PLEASANTS, Rock Island, Rock Island county. FOURTH DISTRICT. Composed of the Southern Grand Division of the Supreme Court. TERMS-Fourth Tuesdays in February and August. CLERK-John W. Burton, Mount Vernon, Jefferson county. JUDGES. JESSE J. PHILLIPS, Hillsboro, Montgomery county. |