Wicker v. Boynton

Citations

• 83 Ill. 545

Syllabus

<p>Continuance—party absent as a member of the legislature. Where a continuance is sought on the ground of the absence of a party then in attendance upon the General Assembly, as a member thereof, it is sufficient for the affidavit to state that the attendance of such party in court is necessary to a fair and proper trial. The statute does not require that it shall so appear by affidavit setting out the circumstances and facts.</p>