Ross v. Knapp, Stout & Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for assessments upon members of an insurance company. Trial in the Circuit Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. Benjamin H. Canby, Judge, presiding. Judgment for defendant on demurrer to declaration. Error by plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justioe Bigelow
delivered the opinion of the court.
The declaration contains seven special counts on the decree of assessment, and also the common counts, and to it, and to each count, defendant demurred; the court sustained the demurrer and dismissed the case.
That the court erred in sustaining the demurrer to the common counts, and that for the error in doing so the judgment must be reversed, is conceded by defendant in error; but it is claimed that the error was unintentional, and as counsel on both sides earnestly request us to pass upon the demurrer to the special counts, we have…
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- Ward v. FarwellIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
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- Chandler v. BrownIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
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