Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-03
RULES FOR COURT
Those That Will Govern Future
Practice in Rock Island
County Branch.
FOUR WEEKS WITHOUT JURY
At Each Term to Dispose of Motions,
-r .s.Etc.-To Amend Branch
Court Bill.


the circuit court were adopted at a
meeting OF the Rock Island County
Bar association held this morning.
The rules. which were referred to
Judge w. II. Gest for his approval. are
as follows:
NO jury shall be called for the first.
sixth. 18th or last week of any term,
unless otherwise ordered b. he court.
Such weeks shall be set ap.-t for the
hearing of motions and such matters
as do not require a jury. The settle
ment of issues. however. shall have
preference.
Trial Calendar
A trial calendar of jury cases shall
be set by the court at O'Clock a. m,
Friday of each week of the cases on
the court docket for trial at the sue
ceeding week. beginning at case No.
!. and the cases in order shall be sej
for some specific day in such week. or
passed for the term, provided that a
case not set for specific day may. at
the request of either party, be placed
upon n general trial calendar. On the
succeeding Friday morning. the I'M
disposed cases specifically set shall be
first called and set and next those
on the general trial calendar. then the
call of the general docket shall pro-
coed. beginning where the call stopped
on the previous Friday. but no case
shall be placed on any calendar I'M
less the pleadings have been settled
by a complete joinder of issue upon
the pleadings.
Morning Hour-MotiOn Calendar.
From 9 O'Clock to $3.50 o'clock a.
m. of each court day. when a jury ~
in attendance. except Monday. shall
be known as the morning hour The
jury shall not be called TO sit in the
trial OF causes until the hour of $3.50
o'clock a M. on any court day. Dur
ing the morning hour motions OF
course. for continuance. to suppress de-
positions. motions 10 quash, and inter
locutory matter. will be heard in the
discretion OF the court, and all matters
remaining undisposed of shall stand
over until the next morning. Any par
ty. or his counsel. desiring to have anv
such matter heard by the court shall
give the opposite party, or his counsel,
notice in open court or "a hours notice,
in writing. of such proposed hearing.
and no such matter OF order shall be
heard without such notice.
Court without Jury.
AT 2 o'clock p. m. of Monday, the
first day of each term, the general
common law and chancery docket
shall be called for motions and other
matters not requiring a jury. at when
time the court shall make up a motion
calendar in which the court shall set
for some specific day of the first week
for the hearing of such matters, and
all such matters as remain undisposed
IF at the end of the said first week and
all matters which shall have come up
during the morning hour and have
not been disposed Of. shall at 9 o'clock
a. m. of the Friday next preceding the
next week following for which no jury
is called. be by the court placed on
the motion calendar for such succeed
ing week specifying specific days for
argument and disposition. and the
same order of hearing and disposition
Of such matters shall obtain in all the
subsequent weeks of the term for
which no jury is called.
provided. that in case the cases so
set shall not occupy the week, other
like matter may be heard when set by
The court upon notice as above provid-
ed.