Weinhard v. Tynan
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Petition to have an order entered nunc pro tunc. Appeal from the City Court of Alton; the Hon. J. E. Dunnegan, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the August term, 1893. Statement oe the Case.
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Memorandum.—Petition to have an order entered nunc pro tunc. Appeal from the City Court of Alton; the Hon. J. E. Dunnegan, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the August term, 1893. Statement oe the Case. This was a motion filed in the City Court of Alton by the appellee, December 28, 1892, praying that court to enter nunc pro tunc after the lapse of twenty-three years, an order of adoption of herself as the child of one Jacob Young, which order is alleged to have been made by the then judge of the Alton City Court, on the 28th day of September, 1869. The allegations in support of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
We are of opinion the City Court of Alton had no power to make and enter an order of adoption, as is alleged in said petition was made by Judge Baker on September 28, 1869. Under the provisions of Sec. 1, Art. 5, of the State Constitution of 1848, an act was passed by the legislature in 1853 (Sess. Laws, 1853, p. 147) establishing the recorder’s court of Chicago, and conferring upon it concurrent jurisdiction within said city, with the Circuit Court, of civil cases, where the amount involved did not exceed $100, and in all criminal cases, except treason and murder, and conferring like powers…
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