Case Name: City of Bloomington v. John H. Lishka
Court: Illinois Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1898-10-05
Citations: 78 Ill. App. 389
Docket Number: 
Parties: City of Bloomington v. John H. Lishka.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Appellate Court Reports
Volume: 78
Pages: 389–390

Head Matter:
City of Bloomington v. John H. Lishka.
1. Bill of Exceptions—Must be Under Seal.—The statute requires the seal as well as the signature, of the trial judge to be set to a bill of exceptions, and where these are wanting this court will not look into it to see whether error has been committed.
Assumpsit, for breach of contract. Appeal from the County Court of McLean County; the Hon. R. A. Russel, Judge, presiding.
Heard in this court at the May term, 1898.
Affirmed.
Opinion filed October 5, 1898.
William B. Bach, attorney for appellant; Sigmund Livingston, of counsel.
W. H. Herrick and Welty & Steeling, attorneys for appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion Per Curiam.
The alleged errors of which counsel for appellant complain in this appeal to reverse a judgment of $90, recovered by appellee, should appear from a bill of exceptions. Ho bill of exceptions is in the transcript certified by the clerk of the County Court. There is what purports to be such document certified, but it is fatally defective in that it is not attested by the seal of the trial judge. The statute requires the seal as well as the signature of the trial judge, and where that is wanting to such a document, this court will not look into it to see whether error has been committed. Section 59, Practice Act; Jones v. Sprague, 2 Scam. 55; Miller v. Jennings, 44 Ill. 443. Judgment affirmed.