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A Chronological Index to Information Contained in The CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX TO INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT REPORTERS, EXCLUDING OPINIONS Vol. 1 (Beecher’s Breese) Preface by Sidney Breese (November 15, 1831) Preface to the Second Edition by Edwin Beecher (August 1, 1861) Supreme Court Rules 2 (1 Scammon) Explanatory Note January 1, 1886 Advertisement to the Second Edition September 1841 Preface December 1840 Rules. Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, December term, 1839 Rules and Regulations in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Illinois, November Term, 1837 3 (2 Scammon) Preface to the First Edition (October 1841) Explanation of Foot Notes (November 30, 1885) Additional Rules Adopted at the December Term, 1840 Appendix A and Appendix B 4 (3 Scammon) Roll of Attorneys of the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois with Their Present Residences, So Far As Ascertained (1838-1843) Additional Rules July Term, 1841 and December Term, 1842 5 (4 Scammon) Preface October 1844 Explanation of Foot Notes November 30, 1885 Obituary Justice John M. Robinson January 1, 1844 Additional Rules adopted December term, 1843 6 (1 Gilman) Explanation of Foot Notes November 30, 1885 Additional rule adopted December 25, 1844 7 (2 Gilman) Explanation of Foot Notes January 1886 Additional rule(a) Adopted December 31, 1845 8 (3 Gilman) Explanation of Foot Notes 9 (4 Gilman) Explanation of Foot Notes Memorandum Additional Rule Adopted December 13, 1847 10 (5 Gilman) Explanation of Foot Notes Memorandum Obituary of Charles Gilman July 25, 1849, Proceedings of the Bar at Quincy, Illinois 11 Memorandum Additional Rules Rule Adopted December Term, 1849 Adopted for Third Division, June Term, 1850 Supreme Court of Illinois Library/p. 1 12 Opinion of Judge Drummond (US. v. Duncan) 13 Order Rescinding Rule for Third Division, Adopted at June Term, 1850 Note 14 Note 15 Rule of Court Adopted December term, 1853 16 Rules of the Supreme Court Adopted at June Term, 1855 and December Term 1855 Note 17 Rule Adopted by the Supreme Court at Ottawa, June Term 1856 and Adopted at Mount Vernon, November Term, 1856 Report of the Commission on Canal Claims Prepared by W. B. Scates May 2, 1856 18 Note Rules Adopted by the Supreme Court at Ottawa, April Term, 1857 and Adopted at Springfield, January Term, 1858 19 Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, Adopted at November Term, 1858, at Mount Vernon 21 Rule 45 Rules Adopted in the Third Grand Division, at April Term, 1859 (Rules 46-50) 22 Rules Adopted at January Term 1860 (Rules 51-55) 23 Amended Rule 25 An Act Authorizing the Judges of the Supreme Court to Correct Judgments in Certain Cases in Vacation. Approved February 18, 1859 27 Resolutions of Respect to the Memory of W. H. L. Wallace 31 Resignation of Mr. Chief Justice Caton Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois Rules Adopted at November Term, 1858, at Mount Vernon Amendment to Rule 25 Rules Adopted in the Third Grand Division, at April Term, 1859 Rules Adopted at the January Term, 1860 Rules Adopted at the April Term, 1861 Rule Adopted at the January Term, 1863 Rules Adopted at the April Term, 1863 Rules Adopted at the January Term, 1864, at Springfield Rules Adopted at the April Term, 1864 32 (Re-reported and Annotated by Marshall D. Ewell, Author of “Ewell on Fixtures,” etc.) Rules of Practice of the Supreme Court of Illinois Rule Adopted, January Term, 1863, at Springfield Supreme Court of Illinois Library/p. 2 Rules Adopted at the April Term, 1865 An Act to Amend the Law Allowing Appeals to the Supreme Court. Approved February 16, 1865 34 Rule of Practice in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois Adopted April Term 1866, at Ottawa 37 Proceedings upon the Death of Abraham Lincoln, Had in the Supreme Court of Illinois, at the April Term, 1865, at Ottawa 38 Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois Rule Adopted at November Term, 1866, at Mount Vernon Rules Adopted at April Term, 1867, at Ottawa 40 Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois Rules Adopted at the November Term, 1858, at Mount Vernon Amendment to Rule 25 Rules Adopted in the Third Grand Division, at April Term, 1859 Rules Adopted at the January Term, 1860 Rules Adopted at the April Term, 1861 Rule Adopted at the January Term, 1863 Rules Adopted at the April Term, 1863 Rules Adopted at the January Term, 1864, at Springfield Rules Adopted at the April Term, 1864 Rule Adopted at Springfield, January Term, 1863 Rules Adopted at the April Term, 1865 Rule Adopted at the April Term, 1866, at Ottawa Rule Adopted at the November Term, 1866, at Mount Vernon Rules Adopted at the April Term, 1867, at Ottawa An Act to Amend the Law Allowing Appeals to the Supreme Court. Approved February 16, 1865 43 Practice in the Supreme Court Cross Errors Allowed to Be Assigned in All Cases An Act in Relation to Practice in the Supreme Court. Approved March 26, 1869 50 Proceedings upon the Death of Murray McConnel Had in the Supreme Court of Illinois, at the January Term, 1869, at Springfield Rule of Practice in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois Adopted at September Term, 1870 (Rule 80) 51 Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. Adopted at September Term, 1870 52 Rule of Practice in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois 53 Rule of Practice in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. Adopted at September Term, 1871 55 Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. Revised and Adopted at Springfield, March 25, 1872, Being of the January Term of that Year 61 Ezekiel H. Palmer. Restoration to the Bar Supreme Court of Illinois Library/p. 3 66 Table of Unreported Cases 67 Rules of the Supreme Court in Regard to the Reporting and Publishing of Its Decisions–Adopted on the 12th Day of June, 1875, at Mt. Vernon 69 Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois 74 Table of Unreported Cases Submitted at the September Term, 1874 77 Table of Unreported Cases, January Term, 1875 78 Table of Unreported Cases, June Term, 1873 79 Proceedings Upon the Death of William H. Underwood, Had at a Meeting of the Bar, and in the Supreme Court of Illinois, at the June Term, A.D. 1876, at Mt. Vernon Rules of Practice In the Supreme Court, Adopted at the September Term, 1876, at Ottawa 81 Table of Unreported Cases, September Term, 1876 82 Rules of Practice In the Supreme Court In Respect to Appeals from, or Writs of Error to, the Appellate Courts. (Adopted at the September Term, 1877) License to Attorneys–Examination by the Appellate Courts. (Adopted at the January Term, 1878) Appellate Courts Table of Unreported Cases, January Term, 1876 Erratum 83 Table of Unreported Cases, January Term, 1876 84 Table of Unreported Cases, September Term, 1876 85 Table of Unreported Cases, January Term, 1877 Proceedings upon the Death of Onias C. Skinner, Had in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, at the June Term, A.D. 1877, at Mount Vernon 87 Table of Unreported Cases, September Term, 1877 89 Table of Unreported Cases, January Term, 1878 90 Proceedings in Memory of the Late Sidney Breese, Had in the Supreme Court on the 1st Day of October, 1878, Being of the September Term of that Year, at Ottawa Table of Unreported Cases, January Term, 1878 91 Table of Unreported Cases, September Term, 1878 92 Table of Unreported Cases, June Term, 1879 93 Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court, In Force September 1, 1880 Supreme Court of Illinois Library/p. 4 94 Rule of Practice in the Supreme Court. Adopted at Ottawa, September 21, 1880 113 In Memoriam: Pinkney H. Walker. Proceedings Had In the Supreme Court of Illinois, on Thursday, the 13th Day of March, 1885, at Ottawa, Being of the March Term, 1885 115 Rule of Practice In the Supreme Court. Adopted at Ottawa, September Term, 1886 116 Rule of Practice In the Supreme Court. Adopted at Ottawa, September Term, 1886 (Rule 60) 117 Rule of Practice In the Supreme Court Adopted at Ottawa, September Term, 1886 (Rule 60) 121 In Memoriam: T. Lyle Dickey. Proceedings Had in the Supreme Court of Illinois, at Ottawa, on Friday, the 18th Day of September, 1885, Being of the September Term of that Year 123 Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court 133 In Memoriam: Corydon Beckwith. Proceedings Had in the Supreme Court of Illinois, at Ottawa, on the 21st Day of October, 1890, Being of the October Term of that Year 145 In Memoriam: John Scholfield. Proceedings Had In the Supreme Court of Illinois, on Tuesday, the 28th Day of March, 1893, at Ottawa, Being of the March Term, 1893 151 In Memoriam: Norman Leslie Freeman. Proceedings Had In the Supreme Court of Illinois, on Thursday, the 4th Day of October, 1894, at Ottawa, Being of the October Term, 1894 154 Amended Rule 35 (June Term, 1895) 156 Rules of Practice of the Supreme Court of Illinois In Force September 1, 1895 162 In Memoriam Joseph M. Bailey–John D. Caton. Proceedings Had in the Supreme Court of Illinois, Held at Ottawa, on Saturday, the 28th Day of March, 1896, Being of the March Term of that Year Gustavus Koerner. Proceedings Had in the Supreme Court of Illinois, at Mt. Vernon, on the 7th Day of May, 1896, Being of the May Term of that Year 165 In Memoriam.
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