Legal Opinion

Briggs v. Reynolds

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 15, 1912PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pike county; the Hon. Harry Hiobee, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1912.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Thompson

delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellant contends that the money and notes received by the agent of the proposed corporations having been deposited in the First National Bank at Pittsfield and certificates of deposit issued for the money in the name of the corporations, and .forwarded to the office of defendants at St. Louis, the situs of the funds is in St. Louis, and that the Circuit Court of Pike County has no jurisdiction over the matters in controversy, or over the proposed corporations.

The bill was filed by the complainants to set aside the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Watson v. CudneyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1908
  2. Grand Tower & Cape Girardeau Railroad v. WaltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Race v. WestonIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
  4. Benneson v. BillIllinois Supreme Court · 1872

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Cumberland Co-Operative Bakeries Inc. v. LawsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1922

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