Skimutis v. American Citizen's Lithuanian Club
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. Robert H. Fdannigan, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1916.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellant sued out a writ of attachment' before a justice of the peace of St. Clair county against the goods and chattels of American Citizen’s Lithuanian Club. After the property was taken by the constable on the attachment writ, Independent Breweries Company served a written notice on him, claiming part of the same. The parties thereafter appeared before the justice of the peace who commenced the suit and a change of venue was taken to F. X. Ziegelmeier, another justice, who, on December 7, 1915, tried the case with a jury. The…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rozier v. WilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
- Hughes v. GloverAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
- Pettit v. BurkeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1908
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- Cochren v. SweigleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1919