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  "name": "White Oak Coal Company, Appellee, v. William Foster Burns and Mrs. Mary F. Burns, Appellants",
  "name_abbreviation": "White Oak Coal Co. v. Burns",
  "decision_date": "1917-02-09",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 21,968",
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    "parties": [
      "White Oak Coal Company, Appellee, v. William Foster Burns and Mrs. Mary F. Burns, Appellants."
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        "text": "Mr. Justice McDonald\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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      "George F. Ort, for appellants.",
      "Adams, Crews/ Bobb & Wescott, for appellee; George B. McKibbin, of counsel."
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    "head_matter": "White Oak Coal Company, Appellee, v. William Foster Burns and Mrs. Mary F. Burns, Appellants.\nGen. No. 21,968.\n(Not to he reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Appeal and error, \u00a7 1165 \u2014what remains for review after striking MU of exceptions from, record. Where a bill of exceptions is stricken from the record there remains for consideration only such points as the common-law record presents for review.\n2. Appearance, \u00a7 8 \u2014when party is not properly before court. Where one of two joint defendants was not served nor his appearance entered except as agent for his codefendant, held that such defendant was not properly before the court, and that no valid judgment could be entered against him, notwithstanding, an order denying a motion to file an additional plea recited that the motion was made by \u201cdefendants,\u201d as the word \u201cdefendants\u201d included only those defendants who had been served or entered appearance.\n3. Judgment, \u00a7 199 \u2014when void as to all joint defendants. Where defendants are sued jointly, a judgment which is void as to one is void as to all.\nAppeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. Andrew D. Webb, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1915.\nReversed and remanded.\nOpinion filed February 9, 1917.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction in assumpsit by White Oak Coal Company, a corporation, plaintiff, against William Foster Burns and Mary F. Bums, defendants. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.\nGeorge F. Ort, for appellants.\nAdams, Crews/ Bobb & Wescott, for appellee; George B. McKibbin, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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