Case Name: Warren v. Ball et al.
Court: Illinois Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1864-04
Citations: 40 Ill. 117
Docket Number: 
Parties: Warren v. Ball et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Reports
Volume: 40
Pages: 117–117

Head Matter:
Warren v. Ball et al.
(April Term, 1864.)
Continuance—death of appellant. Where a party bringing an appeal has died, and his administrator is made a party, the administrator is entitled to a continuance at the term at which he is made a party.
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of Bureau county.
The death of the appellant having been suggested, and his administrator made a party at the present term, the counsel for the appellant asked the court whether he was not, upon this state of case, entitled to a continuance of this cause until the next term.

Opinion:
Per Curiam :
The rights of the parties must be reciprocal; the appellant not being in a position to compel the appellee to a hearing at this term_of the court, the latter cannot insist that the appellant should do so. The cause will, therefore, be continued.