Chudnovski v. Eckels
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Edward A. Dicker, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit in the municipal court of Chicago by appellee, against appellants, to recover damages for personal injury.
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Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Edward A. Dicker, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit in the municipal court of Chicago by appellee, against appellants, to recover damages for personal injury. The declaration alleged that appellants, as receivers of the Chicago Union Traction Company, were in the use, control and management of divers lines of street railway in the city of Chicago, operating cars thereon and conducting the business of a common carrier; that on July 15, 1906, appellee, at the special instance and request of the appellants, became a passenger…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The only question presented by this appeal is whether or not the municipal court of Chicago had jurisdiction of the subject matter. The municipal court held that jurisdiction was conferred upon it by the first clause of section 2 of the Municipal Court act, and the appellants contend that such construction makes the clause violative of section 22 of article 4 of the constitution of the State and of the fourteenth amendment of the. constitution of the United States.
Section 2 of the Municipal Court act (Laws of 1905, p. 158,) enumerates the cases of which the court shall have jurisdiction, as…
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