Thielmann v. Burg

Citations

• 73 Ill. 293

Syllabus

<p>1. Officers—of what courts take judicial notice. A court will take judicial notice of the civil officers in the county in which it holds its sittings.</p> <p>2. Notary public—when seal necessm'y to authenticate his acts. It was not necessary, on the 22d of April, 1873, for notaries public, appointed under the act of 1807, to authenticate their jurats to he used within the county for which they were notaries, by their official seals.</p> <p>3. Mechanic’s lien—when defaults may he entered. The statute requires that, in mechanic’s lieu cases, the answer shall he filed on or before the day on which the cause shall be set for trial on the docket, and if the answer is not filed at that time, the defendant may properly he defaulted.</p> <p>4. Practice—setting aside default, in the discretion of the court. The setting aside of a default is discretionary with the court; and where the court refused to set aside a default upon the ground that defendant had engaged an attorney to attend to the suit, and the attorney neglected to do so, it was held, not such an abuse of discretion as to require the interference of this court.</p>