Case Name: Stark Brothers Nursery and Orchard Company v. John H. Hall
Court: Illinois Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1896-06-03
Citations: 60 Ill. App. 139
Docket Number: 
Parties: Stark Brothers Nursery and Orchard Company v. John H. Hall.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Appellate Court Reports
Volume: 60
Pages: 139–140

Head Matter:
Stark Brothers Nursery and Orchard Company v. John H. Hall.
1. Appellate Court Practice—Failure to File Briefs.—When the defendant in error fails to file a brief, the court may, for that reason, reverse and remand the case.
Transcript from, a Justice of the Peace.—Error to the Circuit Court of Pike County; the Hon. Jefferson Orb., Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1894.
Reversed and remanded.
Opinion filed June 3, 1896.
Matthews, Higbee & Gbigsby, attorneys for plaintiff in error.

Opinion:
Peb Curiam.
The defendant in error has failed to file brief as required by the rule of this court. The question involved is of some importance and we think it a proper case in which to enforce the rule. The judgment will, for that reason, be reversed and the cause remanded.