Summary
In Kelsey v. Lamb, 21 Ill. 559, the Supreme Court of Illinois said: "If the defendant has filed his plea, and the other party fails to reply within the time required by the rules of the court, he has a right to judgment by default against the plaintiff, but until he obtains such default, the pleas cannot be considered as confessed by the plaintiff.
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Argued March 10, 1873
Decided June term, 1873
S.M. Jackson for the appellant.
Isaac Lawson for the respondent.
REYNOLDS, C., reads for reversal.
All concur.
Judgment reversed.