O'Donoghue v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.

This case is brought to this court for the purpose of reviewing the order of the trial judge sustaining the motion of the Railway Company, hereinafter called the defendant, to dismiss the case on the ground that the venue in said action was improperly laid, and that the court was without jurisdiction over the subject-matter of the suit.

The plaintiff brought suit in the Municipal Court of Chicago, seeking to recover for alleged damages to fruit shipped over defendant’s lines. By the return of the sheriff it appears that summons was served by delivering a copy thereof, with the praecipe,…