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Gersch v. Chicago

U.S.
Jan 6, 1913
226 U.S. 451 (1913)

Opinion

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

No. 474.

Submitted December 16, 1912. Decided January 6, 1913.

Where the record does not contain the final judgment to which the writ of error is directed this court cannot assume that a judgment was entered and is without authority to exert jurisdiction.

THE facts are stated in the opinion.

Mr. John W. Beckwith and Mr. W.H. Sexton, for the defendants in error, in support of motion to dismiss or affirm.

Mr. Allen B. Chilcoat and Mr. Stephen A. Day, for the plaintiff in error, in opposition thereto.


This is a companion case to Preston v. City of Chicago, No. 195, just disposed of. Unlike the record in the Preston case, however, the record in this case does not contain the final judgment to which the writ of error is directed. As we cannot assume that a judgment was in fact entered in the Supreme Court of Illinois, it results that we are without authority to exert jurisdiction.

Writ of error dismissed.


Summaries of

Gersch v. Chicago

U.S.
Jan 6, 1913
226 U.S. 451 (1913)
Case details for

Gersch v. Chicago

Case Details

Full title:PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS EX REL. GERSCH, v . CITY OF CHICAGO ET AL

Court:U.S.

Date published: Jan 6, 1913

Citations

226 U.S. 451 (1913)

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