Graves v. Ahlgren
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for wages. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
This was a suit by appellee, originally before a justice of the peace, to recover wages as a servant, and judgment was there rendered in her favor. This was affirmed upon appeal by the Circuit Court. The statute provides that “ when the debt or judgment is for the wages of any laborer or servant,” no personal property shall be exempt from the levy under the execution, provided the court shall find the demand sued for is for such wages, and the finding is so expressed in the record of the judgment and indorsed on the execution. R. S., Chap. 52, Sec. 16.
When appellee left the service of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Paddock v. StoutIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- Bayard v. McGrawAppellate Court of Illinois · 1878
- Kankakee Coal Co. v. Crane Bros. Manufacturing Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1889