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Roberson v. Leak

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District. Fourth Division
Jun 10, 1966
218 N.E.2d 819 (Ill. App. Ct. 1966)

Opinion

Gen. No. 51,359.

June 10, 1966.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. HARRY PORTER, Judge, presiding. Affirmed.

Ernest A. Greene, of Chicago, for appellant.

Block Levy, of Chicago, for appellee.


Judgment was entered on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff for $3,500. Defendant seeks review of that judgment.

Plaintiff has moved to dismiss this appeal because:

(1) Defendant filed no post-trial motion and the time for filing such a motion has expired.

(2) Section 68.1(2) of the Civil Practice Act provides that relief desired after trial must be by post-trial motion containing "the points relied upon, particularly specifying the grounds in support thereof," and an appellant may not urge in the reviewing court any point not thus particularly specified in a post-trial motion. Ill Rev Stats (1965), c 110, § 68.1(2).

(3) It appears from defendant's Notice of Appeal that the only review sought is of error alleged to have occurred during the course of the trial.

(4) Therefore, nothing has been preserved which could properly constitute a basis for review by this court.

We believe the point raised by plaintiff's motion is valid, but consider that the appropriate action for this court to take, under the circumstances, is to affirm the judgment of the trial court, rather than to dismiss the appeal. Johnson Ford Co., Inc. v. Lewan, 71 Ill. App.2d 420, 218 N.E.2d 893.

The judgment is therefore affirmed.

Affirmed.

DRUCKER, P.J. and McCORMICK, J., concur.


Summaries of

Roberson v. Leak

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District. Fourth Division
Jun 10, 1966
218 N.E.2d 819 (Ill. App. Ct. 1966)
Case details for

Roberson v. Leak

Case Details

Full title:Cornelius Roberson, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andrew Leak, Defendant-Appellant

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, First District. Fourth Division

Date published: Jun 10, 1966

Citations

218 N.E.2d 819 (Ill. App. Ct. 1966)
218 N.E.2d 819

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