Case Name: Paul G. Hawley v. John R. Simmons et al.
Court: Illinois Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1882-03
Citations: 101 Ill. 654
Docket Number: 
Parties: Paul G. Hawley v. John R. Simmons et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Reports
Volume: 101
Pages: 654–655

Head Matter:
Paul G. Hawley v. John R. Simmons et al.
At Ottawa, March Term, 1882.
Reheabing—additional suggestions in support of petition. Additional suggestions in respect to the grounds of an application for rehearing in this court, proposed to be made after the time prescribed ljy the rules for the filing of the petition, will not be received as of course, but only upon proper cause shown.
A petition for a rehearing of this cause was filed in behalf of the defendants in error, in vacation preceding the March term, 1882. At that term counsel for the petitioners asked leave to file additional suggestions in support of the application for rehearing.
Messrs. A. G. McDole, and Mr. E. F. Bull,-for the motion.

Opinion:
Scott, J.:
The motion for leave to file additional suggestions in support of the petition for a rehearing can not be allowed. The practice in regard to the time of filing the petition is regulated by rule forty-one, and that rule should in all cases be strictly observed, unless, upon special cause shown, we should deem it proper to grant the indulgence of making further suggestions as to the grounds of the application, after the original petition has been filed. Such indulgence will not be granted as of course. Special cause must be shown, and that has not been done on this motion.
Motion denied.
Dickey, J.
-. I think the motion ought to be allowed. The rule prescribing the time within which petitions for rehearings shall be filed, was adopted mainly for the purpose of facilitating the publication of the decisions of the court, and should not be regarded as an iron rule to control in all cases. "Where a petition has been filed within the rule, and the party afterwards asks leave to file additional suggestions in support of his petition, and the action of the court will not be improperly delayed thereby, I see no good reason why it should not be allowed, even without special cause shown.