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  "name": "Nicholas J. Mann, Defendant in Error, v. Henry Brown et al., Plaintiffs in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "Mann v. Brown",
  "decision_date": "1913-07-03",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 18,097",
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    "parties": [
      "Nicholas J. Mann, Defendant in Error, v. Henry Brown et al., Plaintiffs in Error."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Fitch\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Damages, \u00a7 218 \u2014default as an admission of plaintiff\u2019s damages. Default entered for failure of defendant to file sufficient affidavit does not admit the amount of plaintiffs\u2019 damages.\n2. Damages, \u00a7 231*\u2014rights of defendant in assessing damages after default. After default for want of plea or affidavit of merits, defendant with respect to the amount of damages has right to cross-examine plaintiff\u2019s witnesses, introduce evidence, ask for instructions and preserve his rights for review by bill of exceptions.\n3. Damages, \u00a7 221*\u2014right of court without jury to assess, after default. A proceeding for assessment of damages after a default is not a \u201ctrial\u201d within the meaning of section 30 of Municipal Court Act, J. & A. V 3342, preserving to the parties the right of trial by jury. Grldley, J., dissenting.\n4. Municipal Court of Chicago, \u00a7 13*\u2014-when affidavit of merits may be stricken from files. Affidavits of merits which are ambiguous and evasive and fail to state nature of defendant\u2019s defense may be stricken from the files.\n5. Municipal Court of Chicago, \u00a7 13*\u2014procedure on failure to file affidavit of merits. Default may be entered for failure of defendant to file sufficient affidavit of merits.\n6. Municipal Court of Chicago, \u00a7 5*\u2014what governed by rules. Whether damages may be assessed by the court or by a jury, after default has been entered for want of a plea or affidavit of merits, is a matter of practice only which may be governed by the rules of the Municipal Court.\n7. Municipal Court of Chicago, \u00a7 5*\u2014rules of court construed. Rule 17 of Municipal Court, in so far as it authorizes court after default to assess damages without a jury, was adopted in lieu of section 59 of Practice Act, J. & A. If 8596, and such rule is not in conflict with section 30 of Municipal Court Act, J. & A. 3342, preserving to the parties the right of jury trial.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice Fitch"
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    "attorneys": [
      "William R. Brand, for plaintiffs in error.",
      "Vincent D. Wyman and Otto W. Jurgens, for defendant in error."
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    "head_matter": "Nicholas J. Mann, Defendant in Error, v. Henry Brown et al., Plaintiffs in Error.\nGen. No. 18,097.\n(Not to Tbe reported in full.)\nError to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. James C. Martin, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1912.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed July 3, 1913.\nRehearing denied July 14, 1913.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Nicholas J. Mann against Henry Brown and others for two thousand dollars alleged to he due fof breach of a supersedeas bond. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants bring error.\nWilliam R. Brand, for plaintiffs in error.\nVincent D. Wyman and Otto W. Jurgens, for defendant in error.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XIV, same topic and section number"
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