Wilson v. Scoville

Citations

• 127 Ill. 393
• 20 N.E. 88

Syllabus

<p>1. Appeal—certificate of importance—whether necessary—and within what time to he given. Where the amount involved in a suit is less than $1000, no appeal lies from the Appellate to the Supreme Court, except upon the certificate of the judges of the Appellate Court that the case is of such importance, on account of direct or collateral interests, that it should be passed upon by this court; and such certificate is a condition precedent to the perfecting of an appeal. This court will not, therefore, continue a cause brought before it by appeal from the Appellate Court, to enable the appellant to procure such certificate.</p> <p>2. The Appellate Court has jurisdiction to grant a certificate of importance only for the period during which an appeal can be taken,— that is, twenty days after the entry of judgment.</p>