Hatch v. Jacobson

Citations

• 94 Ill. 584

Syllabus

<p>Release or ebrors—agreement to pay decree. In a suit in chancery, upon presentation of the decree, which found the defendant liable to pay a certain sum of money, the defendant moved to amend the decree by extending the time for payment, agreeing to pay the money in case further time should be given. The decree was amended accordingly, and so entered. It was held, this agreement to pay the amount decreed against the defendant was not to be considered so far voluntary on his part as to operate as a release of errors, if any existed in the proceedings which resulted in the decree fixing his liability.</p>