Case Name: Selden Fish v. Charles Gilbert Wheeler
Court: Illinois Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1889-04-03
Citations: 31 Ill. App. 596
Docket Number: 
Parties: Selden Fish v. Charles Gilbert Wheeler.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Appellate Court Reports
Volume: 31
Pages: 596–596

Head Matter:
Selden Fish v. Charles Gilbert Wheeler.
Practice—Judgment by Default—Undisposed-of Demurrer.
It is improper to render a judgment by default, while a demurrer to (he declaration is on file and undisposed of.
[Opinion filed April 3, 1889.]
In error to the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Rollin S. Williamson, Judge, presiding.
Mr. Frank Ives, for plaintiff in error.
Mr. Henry M. Pierce, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
Gary, J.
There is no way to avoid reversing this judgment. A default was taken and judgment thereon entered, with a demurrer to the. declaration on file. Mason v. Abbott, 83 Ill. 445 and cases there bited; Parrott v. Goss, .17 Ill. App. 110.
Reversed and remanded.