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  "id": 5296784,
  "name": "Mary A. J. V. Lamb v. Chicago City Ry. Co.",
  "name_abbreviation": "Lamb v. Chicago City Ry. Co.",
  "decision_date": "1901-11-01",
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  "first_page": "664",
  "last_page": "665",
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    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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      "cite": "83 Ill. App. 440",
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    "parties": [
      "Mary A. J. V. Lamb v. Chicago City Ry. Co."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Opinion per Curiam.\nThis suit in error is brought to reverse a judgment entered upon a verdict of \u201c not guilty,\u201d returned in the ' court beloAv.\nSo far as the abstract of the record shows, the cause of action is stated in a \u201c declaration in trespass on the case,\u201d and in an \u201c amendment to declaration; \u201d that is all.\nWe may infer from the abstract of the bill of exceptions that the suit was brought to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in error in consequence of her \u00b0 being thrown from one of defendant\u2019s street cars by the conductor coming into negligent collision with her as she was in the act of alighting from a car that was standing still.\nBut it is not enough that the cause of action should appear in that way. The rule of the court requires that \u201c a complete abstract or abridgment of the record \u201d shall be furnished, and the reports are prolific in cases holding that all errors relied upon by the appealing party must be made to appear by the abstract \u2014 that the record will not be examined to supply its deficiencies.\nIt does not seem to be necessary to say that a declaration is a necessary part of every suit, and should be made to appear by any one who seeks to reverse a judgment for errors occurring in the suit in which it is filed.\nWe might add, that besides the lack of the declaration a.nd the amendment to it. there is nothing in the abstract except a mere skeleton index, to show the two special pleas there referred to. A late case, Amundson Printing Co. v. Empire Paper Co., 83 Ill. App. 440, is all we need refer to.\nBecause of the lack of a sufficient abstract, the judgment will be affirmed.",
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        "author": "Opinion per Curiam."
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    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Holmes, Lynn & Shirra, attorneys for plaintiff in error.",
      "Wm. J. Hynes and W. J. Ferry, attorneys for defendant in error; Mason B. Starring, of counsel."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Mary A. J. V. Lamb v. Chicago City Ry. Co.\n1. Appellate Court Practice \u2014 Errors Relied upon Must be Shmvn by the Abstract. \u2014 All errors relied upon by an appealing party must be made to appear by the abstract; the record will not be examined to supply its deficiencies.\n2. Same \u2014 The Declaration in the Suit Should, be Made to Appear.\u2014 The declaration is a necessary part of every suit and should be made to appear in the abstract of the record by one who seeks to reverse the judgment for errors occurring in the suit in which it is filed.\n3. .Abstracts \u2014 A Skeleton Index is Not. \u2014 An abstract of the record which is a mere index, is insufficient.\nTrespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1900.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed November 1, 1901.\nHolmes, Lynn & Shirra, attorneys for plaintiff in error.\nWm. J. Hynes and W. J. Ferry, attorneys for defendant in error; Mason B. Starring, of counsel."
  },
  "file_name": "0664-01",
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