Strassheim ex rel. Barnes v. Barnes
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Hosea W. Wells, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1917. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion
Additional Opinion Filed on Petition for Rehearing.
2Opinion of the CourtJustice Barnes
In the petition for a rehearing it is urged for the first time that this being an action of debt where the amount claimed exceeds $1,000, the Municipal Court did not have jurisdiction of the cause. With this we do not agree. Included in eases of the first class over which that court is given jurisdiction by section 2 of the Municipal Court Act (J. & A. ¶ 3314), are “all actions on contracts, express or implied” when the amount claimed exceeds $1,000. Unless inconsistent with some other provision in the act, the phrase quoted must be deemed to…
3Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. DummerIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
- Iroquois Furnace Co. v. C. W. Elphicke & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Brown v. GersonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1913
- Laughlin v. NortonIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
- Manning v. PierceIllinois Supreme Court · 1839