Myers v. Shoneman

Citations

• 90 Ill. 80

Syllabus

<p>1. Practice—affidavit of merits to plea. An appeal bond given on appeal to the Supreme Court, from a money judgment, is a contract for the payment of money, within the meaning.of the Practice act, requiring the defendant to file an affidavit of merits with his plea, when the plaintiff attaches an affidavit of his claim to his declaration.</p> <p>2. Abbreviations—do not vitiate fee bill if intelligible. Where the defendant is defaulted, and the cause is heard before the court without a jury, a fee bill will not be rejected as unintelligible if the abbreviations therein can be understood by the court.</p>