Dickinson v. Hoffman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill in Chancery, to enjoin the collection of a judgment. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
This was a bill in chancery filed by appellees to perpetually enjoin the collection of a judgment rendered against them by a justice of the peace. A general demurrer to the bill was overruled, and appellant electing to stand by the demurrer, proofs were heard by the court, and a decree was entered perpetually enjoining the appellant from all proceedings under said judgment, and this appeal has followed.
The case presented by the bill is in substance, that the appellee Hoffman (one of the complainants in the bill) was duly served with a summons to appear before the justice of the peace at three…
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