Legal Opinion

Blattner v. Frost

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 24, 1892PublishedCited by 1 opinion

In error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. George Driggs, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtWaterman, J.

Suit was brought in the Circuit Court upon a decree of the Superior Court ordering the payment of $1,400. A demurrer filed to a count of the declaration based upon such decree was overruled, and judgment thereon was entered against the defendant below; from this judgment the said defendant prosecutes this writ of error.

While there are to be found authorities to the contrary, and so great a lawyer as Kent dissented from the opinion of the Supreme Court of Hew York, sustaining an action at law based upon a decree entered in the State of Hew Jersey, yet we think the great weight of authority in…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Pennington v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1854
  2. Kline v. BeebeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1827
  3. Ames v. HoyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1859
  4. Hugh v. HiggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
  5. Mutual Life Insurance v. NewtonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1888

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Paulin v. PaulinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1915

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