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  "name": "John O'Donnell and N. Carvell, copartners, Defendants in Error, v. O. P. Curran, Plaintiff in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "O'Donnell v. Curran",
  "decision_date": "1918-04-03",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 21,779",
  "first_page": "200",
  "last_page": "201",
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      "cite": "210 Ill. App. 200"
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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  "provenance": {
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "John O\u2019Donnell and N. Carvell, copartners, Defendants in Error, v. O. P. Curran, Plaintiff in Error."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Thomson\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\n2. Appeal and eerob, \u00a7 801 \u2014what must he preserved in hill of exceptions. The ruling of a trial court striking an amended affidavit of merits from the files cannot be reviewed unless the pleading and the ruling are preserved in a hill of exceptions.\n3. Municipal Court oe Chicago, \u00a7 13*\u2014non-necessity of formal written pleadings in action of fourth class. No formal written pleadings are required in an action of the fourth class in the Municipal Court of Chicago.\n4. Municipal Court of Chicago, \u00a7 13*\u2014when statement of claim is sufficient in action of fourth class. A statement of claim, in an action of the fourth class in the Municipal Court of Chicago, though technically defective, which advises the defendant of the plaintiff\u2019s demand, as required by the Municipal Court Act, sec. 40 (J. & A. If- 3352), is sufficient when questioned for the first time in a court of review.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice Thomson"
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Beckman, Cottrell & Phillips, for plaintiff in error.",
      "No appearance for defendants in error."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "John O\u2019Donnell and N. Carvell, copartners, Defendants in Error, v. O. P. Curran, Plaintiff in Error.\nGen. No. 21,779.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Appeal and ebbob, \u00a7 1674 \u2014when error in striking affidavit of merits from files waived. Whatever right a defendant may have to question the ruling of the trial court that an affidavit, of merits he stricken from the files is waived by the filing of an amended affidavit of merits.\nError to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Charles A. Williams, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1915.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed April 3, 1918.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction in debt by John O\u2019Donnell and 3ST. Carvell, copartners, plaintiffs, against O. P. Curran, defendant, to recover the sum of $300 on a stay of execution bond. Prom a judgment for plaintiffs for $300 debt and for $142.50 damages and costs, and ordering that, upon payment of the damages, and costs, with interest thereon, the debt be discharged, defendant brings error.\nBeckman, Cottrell & Phillips, for plaintiff in error.\nNo appearance for defendants in error.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols, XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, game topic and section number.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
  },
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