Arnold v. Dodson
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John D. Turnbaugh, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed a judgment for $8856.54 recovered in the municipal court of. Chicago by the defendant in error, Mary M. Arnold, against the plaintiff in error, William F. Dodson, and a writ of certiorari was granted to bring the record here for a review of the judgment of the Appellate Court.
The principal question is whether the municipal court had jurisdiction of the cause of action. The amount claimed exceeded $1000, and if the claim was in tort the court had no jurisdiction. If the claim stated by the plaintiff and proved at the trial was in assumpsit…
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