{
  "id": 2627604,
  "name": "Henry Schumacher, Defendant in Error, v. John Claney, Plaintiff in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "Schumacher v. Claney",
  "decision_date": "1909-12-06",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 14,752",
  "first_page": "37",
  "last_page": "40",
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      "cite": "152 Ill. App. 37"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
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    "parties": [
      "Henry Schumacher, Defendant in Error, v. John Claney, Plaintiff in Error."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Freeman\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nThis is a writ of error from the Municipal Court in which judgment was entered for eighty dollars against plaintiff in error on a claim for wages. The plaintiff had been employed as a watchman by the foreman of The Flagler Iron & Steel Co., a corporation then in possession of a plant, which plant was soon after by the said corporation 16 surrendered back to the Chicago Highlands Association.\u201d Subsequently the defendant and another entered into a contract with that Association \u201cby which,\u201d as stated by plaintiff\u2019s attorneys in their brief, \u201cthey were given an option to purchase the plant and were given immediate possession to alter, equip and operate the same forthwith.\u201d Plaintiff was paid for his services as watchman up to the end of March, 1906, and seeks to recover for April and May following, during which time he claims to have continued to serve as watchman at the plant. After May, 1906, the plaintiff continued to act as watchman and was paid therefor by the Highlands Association. The abstract of record states that \u201cthe sole question in dispute is, whether the defendant * * * is liable personally to the plaintiff for the work performed during April and May, 1906.\u201d\nWe are unable satisfactorily to consider this question in the state of the record. The statutory requirements of the Municipal Court Act (R. S. chapter 37, section 286, 6th paragraph) in cases such as this are as follows: \u201cUpon application made at any time within thirty days after the entry of any final order or judgment or within such further time as may upon application therefor within said thirty days, be allowed by the court, it shall be the duty of the judge by whom such final order or judgment was entered to sign and place on file in the case in which the same was entered, if so requested by either of the parties to the suit, either a correct statement to be prepared by the party requesting the signing of the same, of the facts appearing, upon the trial thereof and of all questions of law involved in such case and the decisions of the court upon such questions of law, or, if such party shall so elect a correct stenographic report of the proceedings at the trial and a correct statement of such other proceedings in the case as such party may desire to have reviewed by the Supreme Court or the Appellate Court, omitting therefrom\u201d certain matters not now in question.\nThere is in the record of the case at bar neither \u201ca correct statement * * * of the facts appearing upon the trial\u201d nor \u201ca correct stenographic report of the proceedings at the trial.\u201d The statement signed by the judge purports to be \u201ca substantially correct statement of the facts which appeared to be proven.\u201d The statute calls for a \u201ccorrect\u201d statement of facts, not one that is merely substantially correct. It is not a proper compliance with the statute unless the certificate shows the statement to contain \u201cthe facts appearing upon the trial.\u201d The distinction is not fanciful. It is real and material. It is one thing for the trial judge to certify to a state of facts which he finds from the evidence have appeared on the trial and upon which the verdict or judgment is based, and another thing to certify to facts which have merely \u201cappeared to be proven.\u201d The one is a finding of facts such as the statute requires. The other is a mere expression of opinion to the effect that the statement certified to contains what appeared to be proven as substantially correct facts, but which nevertheless the trial judge is unable from the evidence to find were proven. If the trial court cannot determine from the evidence what the facts are, a reviewing court cannot be expected to so determine without the evidence. We hold then that \u201ca correct statement of the facts appearing on the trial\u201d means a correct statement of the facts which the trial court has found from the evidence to be \u201cthe facts appearing on the trial.\u201d If the parties are unable or unwilling to rely on the facts as the trial court finds and states them, then the statute affords an alternative. Either party may present \u201ca correct stenographic report of the proceedings\u201d to be signed by the judge and placed on file in the case, thus furnishing \u201cthe record to be considered upon the review of such order or judgment by writ of error.\u201d\nIn the case at bar we have what is called a \u201cbill of exceptions.\u201d The first part of this instrument contains an apparent statement of certain of the facts. Then we are informed that a certain witness \u201ctestified\u201d as to certain matters; and again that \u201cevidence was offered and received on behalf of the plaintiff tending to show\u201d certain things. The instrument is called a \u201cbill of exceptions,\u201d but does not purport to be such on its face. In this class of cases no bill of exceptions is required and the title is a misnomer.\nThe instrument is not a correct statement of the facts appearing on the trial, such as the statute contemplates, nor is it a correct stenographic report of the proceedings, and in the absence from the record of such statement or report .we are unable to review the case upon the merits. The judgment of the Municipal Court must therefore be affirmed.\nAffirmed.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice Freeman"
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Adams & Froehlich, for plaintiff in error.",
      "Castle, Williams, Long & Castle, for defendant in error."
    ],
    "corrections": "",
    "head_matter": "Henry Schumacher, Defendant in Error, v. John Claney, Plaintiff in Error.\nGen. No. 14,752.\nMunicipal Court\u2014when \u201cstatement of facts\u201d not sufficient for purposes of review. A \u201cstatement of facts\u201d certified as substantially correct, is not sufficient for purposes of review. The statement of facts should be certified to contain \u201cthe facts appearing upon the trial.\u201d\nAssumpsit. Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Robert H. Scott, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1908.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed December 6, 1909.\nAdams & Froehlich, for plaintiff in error.\nCastle, Williams, Long & Castle, for defendant in error."
  },
  "file_name": "0037-01",
  "first_page_order": 55,
  "last_page_order": 58
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