Legal Opinion

Ford v. Holbrook

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided May 24, 1893Published

Memorandum.—Attachment for contempt. In the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge, presiding. Appeal from an order adjudging appellant guilty of contempt. Heard in this court at the March term, A. D. 1898.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court,

Gary, P. J.

The circumstances of this case are precisely analogous to those in Sercomb v. Catlin, 30 Ill. App. 258,128 Ill. 556, with this difference: There it did not appear whether the complainant in the creditor’s suit in which Catlin was appointed receiver, was or was not a resident of this State, and it did appear that Sercomb was acting in the interest of a Connecticut corporation. Here it does appear that the complainant in the creditor’s suit in which Holbrook was appointed receiver, is and for many years has been, a resident of Hew York, and that Ford is a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Heyer v. AlexanderIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Sercomb v. CatlinIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Sercomb v. CatlinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889
  4. Webster v. JudahAppellate Court of Illinois · 1888
  5. United States Express Co. v. SmithAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889

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