Legal Opinion

Commercial National Bank v. Kirkwood

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 21, 1898PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. T. M. Shaw, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

Appellant sued out a writ of attachment against Hugh Kirkwood, Henry L. Miller and Allen C. Rush, as partners under the firm name of Kirkwood, Miller & Co., and on January 7, 1893, Jefferson Orr and Ella M. Orr were served as garnishees in that suit.. The attachment suit proceeded, and resulted in a judgment in favor of appellant for $15,000 and costs. Interrogatories to the garnishees were filed, and they answered that on December 28, 1892, they.purchased -of Allen C. Rush, one of the defendants in the attachment suit, certain lands for the consideration of $20,280; that Jefferson Orr and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Eddy v. RobertsIllinois Supreme Court · 1856
  2. Webster v. SteeleIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
  3. Reid v. DegenerIllinois Supreme Court · 1876

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Burnett v. West Madison State BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1940
  2. Sweet v. Montpelier Savings Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1904
  3. Cotner v. Lon Jacobs Grocery Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
  4. American Equitable Assurance Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1932
  5. Molera v. CooperCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916

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