delivered the opinion of the court.
White v. Holden, 200 Ill. App. 643 (1915)
Oct. 13, 1915
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Illinois Appellate Court
200 Ill. App. 643
Harley J. White, Appellee, v. Margaret Holden, Appellant.
(Not to he reported in full.)
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Colostin D. Myees, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1915.
Affirmed.
Opinion filed October 13, 1915.
Rehearing denied and opinion modified December 11, 1915.
Statement of the Case.
Action of forcible entry and detainer by Harley J. White, plaintiff, against Margaret Holden, defendant. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Murray & Morrissey, for appellant.
*644Abstract of the Decision.
1. Justices of the peace—when copy may be substituted for lost written complaint on appeal. If, on appeal from a justice of the peace to the Circuit Court, a written complaint is found to he missing from the files and has been' lost or destroyed, upon due proof made thereof, a copy may be substituted therefor.
2. Appeal and error, § 1275 * —when presumed that ruling of Circuit Court dismissing case proper. In the absence of a bill of exceptions, held that the action of the Circuit Court in overruling the defendant’s motion to dismiss an action of forcible entry and detainer, appealed from a justice’s court, on the ground that there was no written complaint on file, would be presumed proper.
M. A. Brennan and Ralph Heffernan, for appellee.