Legal Opinion
W. F. Hallam & Co. v. Massey
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 10, 1917No. Gen. No. 22,415Published
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Pobll, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1916.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Goodwin
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant seeks to reverse a decree of the Superior Court dismissing its bill for want of equity. The bill sought to restrain the enforcement in another State of a judgment of the Municipal Court of Chicago entered against it at the suit of one Massey, who was made a party defendant to the bill. The clerk of the Municipal Court was joined as a party defendant. The bill alleged, in substance, that a notation was made upon the records of the clerk of the Municipal Court as follows:
“Fndg iss vs dft das twenty-two hundred and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gelpcke v. DubuqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1864
- Harmon v. Auditor of Public AccountsIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- Green County v. ConnessSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Richter v. BurdockIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
- Gifford v. CulverIllinois Supreme Court · 1914