Franklin v. Westfall
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McDonough county; the Hon. George W. Thompson, Judge, presiding.
1Dissent
Cartwright, Carter and Dunn, JJ.,
dissenting:
The opinion adopted by the majority is, in our judgment, not only not based upon correct rules of construction, but it is directly and irreconcilably contrary to several' decisions of this court construing provisions of the present constitution and like provisions of the constitution of 1848, which is not a mere matter of judgment but of actual demonstration.
Section 1 of article 5 of the constitution of 1848 vested the judicial power of the State in one supreme court, circuit courts, county courts and justices of the peace, and provided that…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Scown v. CzarneckiIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
- Plummer v. YostIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- People ex rel. Ahrens v. EnglishIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- People ex rel. Sadler v. OlsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
- People ex rel. Murphy v. LippincottIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
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