Morgan v. Corlies

From the time of the filing of the bill to the rendition of the decree, the court in which the cause was pending was held by several different judges, representing four different circuits, and it is urged that, as the record fails to show the reason why a circuit judge elected and residing in another circuit held the court in the county where the cause was pending, the proceedings are void.

It was held in Jones v. Albee, 70 Ill. 34, that a circuit judge of one circuit might legally,hold court in another; and in Reitz v. The People, 77 Ill. 518, it was held, that when th& plácito of a record…