McNay v. Stratton

Illinois Supreme Court
McNay v. Stratton, 109 Ill. 30 (Ill. 1884)
Scholfield

McNay v. Stratton

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Scholfield

delivered the opinion of the Court:

This appeal must be dismissed. The action is trespass, for an assault and battery. The verdict and judgment of the circuit court were for the defendant, and- that judgment was affirmed in the Appellate Court for the Second District, on appeal. A majority of the judges of that court have not cerified to us that the case “involves questions of law of such importance, either on account of principal or collateral interests, as that it should be passed upon by this court. ” Sess. Laws, 1877, pp. 70-71, sec. 8; id. p. 153, sec. 90; Baber v. Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis R. R. Co. et al. 93 Ill. 342; Umlauf v. Umlauf, 103 id. 651.

Appeal dismissed.

Reference

Full Case Name
Samuel McNay v. Daniel G. Stratton
Cited By
1 case
Status
Published
Syllabus
Appeal—trespass to the person—finding for defendant. In trespass for an assault and battery, in which a judgment for the defendant is affirmed by the Appellate Court, no appeal lies to this court unless a majority of the appellate judges shall certify that the case involves issues of law of such importance, etc., as that it should be passed upon by this court.