Legal Opinion

St. Louis Transfer Co. v. Canty

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 21, 1882PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. George W. Wall, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield

The sole question presented by this record is, whether the circuit court erred in adjudging that a garnishee was not protected by a judgment of a justice of the peace disregarding the amount of the statutory exemption in case of wages due from an employer. Clearly this presents no question of the validity of a statute or the construction of the constitution, and it is impossible that there can be any other ground upon which we are authorized to take jurisdiction by appeal directly from the circuit court, as this case is brought here.

Counsel for appellee assert that the claim was made below…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. Griveau v. South Chicago City Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Beach v. PeabodyIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  3. Skakel v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  4. Dean v. Northern Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1913
  5. Pearce v. VittumIllinois Supreme Court · 1901

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