Estate of Godair v. Case
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from 'the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Dennis W. Sullivan, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1919.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Barnes
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action of forcible entry and detainer in which the “Estate of W. H. Godair” is made the plaintiff, and in which it is contended that defendant withholds the possession of certain property from said “Estate of W. H. Godair.” After defendant was served with summons it entered a special appearance and moved to dismiss the case on the ground that plaintiff was not a natural or artificial person, and, as it lacked legal entity to sue or be sued, the whole action failed. Such motion was well founded. (30 Cyc. p. 27; Western &…
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