Holmes v. Standard Oil Co. of Indiana
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. George W. Brown, Judge, presiding. The appellee company presented in the probate court of Cook county a claim against the estate of Charlotte E. Holmes, deceased, of which the appellant, William A. Holmes, is the executor.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. George W. Brown, Judge, presiding. The appellee company presented in the probate court of Cook county a claim against the estate of Charlotte E. Holmes, deceased, of which the appellant, William A. Holmes, is the executor. The demand was for the recovery of moneys paid by the appellee company in discharge of a special assessment levied against certain premises belonging to the company, (formerly the property of the deceased and the appellant executor,) for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
delivered the opiniqn of the court:
Whether the appellee company had failed to comply with the requirements of the act relating to foreign corporations, approved May 26, 1897, (Hurd’s Stat. 1897, chap. 32, pars. 67, b, c, d, e,) and for that reason was without standing to maintain an action in the courts of this State, was not raised at the hearing. It does not appear any-ruling was sought or obtained in the trial court as to the question. There is therefore nothing upon which to base an assignment of error in that regard in a court of review.
In Hageman v. Holmes, 179 Ill. 275, we construed a…
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