Stettauer v. Boldenweck
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. C. H. Bishop, Judge, presiding. This is a petition, filed by the plaintiffs in error on February 5, 1895, in a voluntary assignment proceeding in the county court of Cook county.
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Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. C. H. Bishop, Judge, presiding. This is a petition, filed by the plaintiffs in error on February 5, 1895, in a voluntary assignment proceeding in the county court of Cook county. The deed of assignment, dated October 18, 1894, was executed by the Northwestern' Trimming Company, a corporation, of which C. G. Boldenweck was president and August E. Neff was secretary, to the Chicago Title and Trust Company, as assignee. On December 10,1894, in the December…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
Upon looking into the record, we find that the amount involved is less than $1000.00; and the record contains no certificate of importance. In a case of this character, where the amount involved is less than $1000.00, the judgment of the Appellate Court, in the absence of a certificate of importance, is final, and the writ of error 'must be dismissed. (Jordan v. Moore, 128 Ill. 56; Moore v. Sweeney, 128 id. 204).
The amount involved in this litigation is clearly to be measured by the amount .of the claim of the plaintiffs in error, as stated in their petition, and not by the value of the…
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