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The People v. Curtis

Supreme Court of Illinois
Dec 18, 1930
174 N.E. 30 (Ill. 1930)

Opinion

No. 20448. Appeal dismissed.

Opinion filed December 18, 1930.

APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Edgar county; the Hon. S. MURRAY CLARK, Judge, presiding.

VANSELLAR, VANSELLAR MCCLAIN, for appellant.

O'HAIR MCCLAIN, for appellee.


A petition for leave to file an information in quo warranto was filed in the circuit court of Edgar county challenging the right of Fred Curtis, an owner of the fee, subject to a life estate, in lands in a drainage district, to serve as a commissioner in the district. The defendant, Curtis, filed a demurrer to the petition. The demurrer was overruled, the defendant elected to stand by the demurrer, and an appeal was prayed and allowed to this court from the ruling of the trial court overruling the demurrer.

No judgment of ouster was entered, and the record shows the entry of no other judgment or order except the order allowing the appeal and providing for the amount and approval of the appeal bond. There must be a final judgment which settles the rights of the parties in respect of the subject matter of the suit and concludes them until it is reversed or set aside to authorize an appeal to this court. ( People v. Drainage Comrs. 282 Ill. 514; Miller v. Bunn, 336 id. 203.) No final judgment or order has been made in this case. The appeal is therefore dismissed.

Appeal dismissed.


Summaries of

The People v. Curtis

Supreme Court of Illinois
Dec 18, 1930
174 N.E. 30 (Ill. 1930)
Case details for

The People v. Curtis

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE ex rel. Ed Englum, Appellee, vs. FRED CURTIS, Appellant

Court:Supreme Court of Illinois

Date published: Dec 18, 1930

Citations

174 N.E. 30 (Ill. 1930)
174 N.E. 30

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