Blake v. DeJonghe Hotel & Restaurant Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Branch “B” Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Stephen A. Foster, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
Eugenie Blake brought suit against the DeJonghe Hotel and Restaurant Company for the loss of jewelry deposited for safe keeping. A jury having been waived, judgment was rendered, on a trial by the court, in favor of the deTendant and against the plaintiff for costs, which the Appellate Court reversed. A writ of certiorari was awarded to bring the record here for review.
The plaintiff in error moved in the Appellate Court to dismiss the appeal because there is no law authorizing appeals from the municipal court. Section 22 of the Municipal Court act provides for appeals from the judgments of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- David v. Commercial Mutual Accident Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909
3Cited by3 opinions
- K.S.K. Jewelry Co., Inc., a New York Corporation v. Chicago Sheraton Corporation, an Illinois CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1960
- Blake v. DeJonghe Hotel & Restaurant Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1914
- Hall v. Hotel Sherman Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1925