Legal Opinion

Streit v. Cooke

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided July 17, 1900PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Bill for Injunction.—Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Farlin Q. Ball, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1899.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard

This appeal questions an assessment of damages for solicitor’s fees decreed to be paid to the defendants (appellees) in consequence of the wrongful suing out of an injunction by the appellant. The bill seems to have been one purely for injunction.

After a demurrer to ’ the bill was overruled, the cause came on to be heard, upon a motion to dissolve the injunction, on bill, supplemental bill and answer.

Thereupon the injunction was dissolved and leave given to file a suggestion of damages within ten days, and inferentially, the bill was dismissed for want of equity.

The only pleading in the case,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Curtis v. WrightAppellate Court of Illinois · 1891

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Hovorka v. HemmerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1903
  2. Kreider v. Sterling National BankAppellate Court of Illinois · 1923

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