Surine v. Fort Dearborn Natl. Bank
Appellate Court of Illinois
Garnishee Proceedings.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon, Abner Smith, Judge,'presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1895.
1Opinion of the Court
Mt?.. Pbesiding Justice Watebman
delivebed the opinion of the Court.
This court, in Haines v. O’Connor, 5 Ill. App. 213, opinion by the late Judge McAllister, held that the County Court had not jurisdiction in garnishee proceedings wherein the indebtedness of the garnishee was more than $1,000, the jurisdiction of the County Court being limited to $1,000.
In strict analogy to such ruling, this court thereafter in several cases held that justices of the peace had not, in like proceedings, jurisdiction where the garnishee debtor was owing more than $200.
In a case arising before a justice of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Haines v. O'ConnerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1880