Frantz v. Fleitz
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. William H. Snyder, Judge, presiding. On the 7th day of October, A. D. 1875, Joseph B. JVlessich, claiming to act as judge of the City Court of East St. Louis, issued a summons, in which appellees are named as plaintiffs and appellant as defendant, returnable before him, at his office in East St. Louis, on the 13th of that month.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. William H. Snyder, Judge, presiding. On the 7th day of October, A. D. 1875, Joseph B. JVlessich, claiming to act as judge of the City Court of East St. Louis, issued a summons, in which appellees are named as plaintiffs and appellant as defendant, returnable before him, at his office in East St. Louis, on the 13th of that month. The amount of the demand indorsed upon the summons was $220.13. On that day, said Messiah entered upon his docket what purported to be a judgment, in due form, in favor of appellees against appellant, for the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
By the constitution of this State, in force August 8, A. D. 1870, (art. 6, sec. 1,) it is provided that the judicial powers, except as in said article is otherwise provided, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, circuit courts, county courts, justices of the peace, police magistrates, and in such cou/rts as may be created by lane in and for cities and incorporated towns; and by section 29, of the same article, “ that all laws relating to courts shall be general and of uniform operation; and the organization, jurisdiction, powers, proceedings and practice of all courts of the same class or…
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