Russell v. Chicago Trust & Savings Bank
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. F. Tuley, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. M. F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. On the 26th day of July, 1886, James 0. Walker filed his creditor’s bill against Almon D. Ellis, alleging the recovery against said Ellis, on said 26th day of July, 1886, of a judgment at law for $2231.14, and costs, the issuing of an execution on said judgment and the return thereof on the same day wholly unsatisfied. The bill further alleged that Ellis had/ for a considerable time, been engaged, in Chicago, in the business of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
It is contended by the appellant that it was error for the-Circuit Court to- order the consolidation of the creditor’s bill filed by the Chicago Trust and Savings Bank with the bill previously filed by Walker, and in hearing both bills and entering a decree thereon as consolidated cases. Assuming for-the moment that the appellant is in a position to raise that-question, we are unable to see that the order consolidating' ■said causes was in any respect erroneous. Both complainants were seeking to reach and subject to the satisfaction of their - respective judgments the equitable assets of…
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