Legal Opinion
Torpedo Top Co. v. Royal Insurance
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 31, 1911No. Gen. No. 15,512PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from the City Court of Chicago Heights; the Hon. Homer Abbott, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baldwin
Taking up the objections of appellant in their order, we first consider whether the City Court of Chicago Heights had jurisdiction of the suits in question. The City Court of Chicago Heights was created pursuant to section 1, article 6, of the Constitution of Illinois of 1870, which provides:
“The judicial powers, except as in this, article otherwise provided, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, Circuit Courts, County Courts, Justices of Peace, Police Magistrates, and in such courts as there may be created by law in and for cities and incorporated towns.”
Section 24, chapter 37, of Hurd’s…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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