City of Chicago v. Rogers

Citations

• 61 Ill. 188

Syllabus

<p>1. Practice—verdict. Upon the trial of a cause in the circuit court, by consent of counsel, the jury were authorized to return a sealed verdict, and the court adjourned; but before the judge had left his seat on the bench, the jury, having agreed, were brought in and delivered an open verdict in the presence of the judge, clerk and plaintiff’s attorney, in favor of the plaintiff, but in the absence of defendant or his counsel, and were discharged: Held, that it was error thus to receive the verdict.</p> <p>2. And besides, the court, having adjourned, could not receive any verdict until it was again convened.</p>