Cooper v. Standley
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Be Kalb Circuit Court. — Hon. Oliver M. Spencer, Judge. (1) Courts do not take judicial knowledge of the statutes of Illinois — that has to be proven the same as any fact. Flato r>. Mulhall, 72 Mo. 525; Myer v. McCabe, 73 Mo. 236 ; White v. Chaney, 20 Mo.
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Appeal from the Be Kalb Circuit Court. — Hon. Oliver M. Spencer, Judge. (1) Courts do not take judicial knowledge of the statutes of Illinois — that has to be proven the same as any fact. Flato r>. Mulhall, 72 Mo. 525; Myer v. McCabe, 73 Mo. 236 ; White v. Chaney, 20 Mo. App. 396. (2) In the absence of evidence this court will presume that the common law was in force in Illinois at the time Mrs. Standley sold her interest in her father’s estate to her brothers, and' by that law the title to the money arising from the sale of her said interest vested in her husband, Josiah Standley. Woodford…
1Opinion of the CourtG-ill, J.
In October, 1885, plaintiffs, Cooper & Co., sued defendant Standley on four promissory notes, amounting in the aggregate to thirteen hundred dollars, excluding interest, which were executed February, 1882, and the last thereof maturing in February, 1884. While *143this action was pending, and in aid thereof, plaintiffs in June, 1887, sued out an attachment, and levied upon certain lands in De Kalb county as the property of defendant Standley. The ground of attachment set out in the affidavit, and relied upon at the trial, was that defendant had fraudulently conveyed his property so as to hinder…
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