Legal Opinion

Ricker v. Larkin

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided May 28, 1889PublishedCited by 3 opinions

In error to the Circuit Court of Kane County; the Hon. Isaac G. Wilson, Judge, presiding. On Motion to Tax Costs. The defendants in error move the court to tax the costs of the additional abstract made by them to the plaintiff in error. The motion will be overruled.

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In error to the Circuit Court of Kane County; the Hon. Isaac G. Wilson, Judge, presiding. On Motion to Tax Costs. The defendants in error move the court to tax the costs of the additional abstract made by them to the plaintiff in error. The motion will be overruled. After an examination of the abstract of the plaintiff iu error, and a comparison of it with that filed by defendants in error, we are of the opinion that the abstract filed by the former is in substantial compliance with the rules of this court, though it may have failed in some unimportant particulars. We do not think the failure…

1Opinion of the CourtLacey, J.

The bill was demurred to by the plaintiff in error, and upon hearing the court overruled the demurrer, and the plaintiff in error choosing to abide his bill, the court rendered a decree in favor of the defendants in error in accordance with the prayer of the bill. To reverse this decree this writ of error is sued out. It is insisted that the bill shows that the organization of the “ Elgin Nurseries and Seed Co.” had been completed; hence the relief prayed for was within the control of the corporation itself.

The main question arising in the case is, was the organization of the company…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bigelow v. GregoryIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
  2. Diversey v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
  3. Gent v. Manufacturers & Merchants' Mutual InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
  4. Illinois Central Railroad v. McCulloughIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
  5. Manufacturers & Merchants Mutual Insurance v. GentAppellate Court of Illinois · 1883

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Loverin v. McLaughlinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1892
  2. St. Regis Candies, Inc. v. HovasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928
  3. Herbert Tempest v. Noleak Co.Baltimore City Circuit Court · 1910

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