Brown v. Clement

Citations

• 68 Ill. 192

Syllabus

<p>1. Bra, of exceptions. The decision of the circuit court in overruling a motion for a new trial, and in giving instructions, will not be considered in this court where the bill of exceptions does not purport to contain all the evidence.</p> <p>2. Deposition—notice of the talcing. Where a party taking a deposition sent a notice by mail to the attorney of the other party, at the place where he kept his office, and it was returned with an admission of service, and acted upon under the belief that it was signed by authority of the attorney, who was, in fact, absent, and it appeared that the admission was signed by the attorney’s son and law partner: Held, that this fact, coupled with the late period of making the motion to suppress the deposition, was a sufficient reason for overruling the motion.</p>