Legal Opinion

Ras v. Allan Anthony Electric Corp.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided January 21, 1965No. Gen. 49,467PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MB. PBESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

The principal issue raised by this appeal is whether the County Court, under the statute in effect at the time this action was commenced, had jurisdiction of a case containing several distinct causes of action each of which claimed an amount less than the $2,000 jurisdictional limit of the court but which collectively asked judgment in excess of that limitation.

This issue was not raised in the trial court. A jurisdictional question can, however, be raised at any time, even on appeal, and the defendants did not waive the issue by…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Smith v. SmithAppellate Court of Illinois · 1962
  2. Bratkovich v. BratkovichAppellate Court of Illinois · 1962
  3. Schaap v. First National BankSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1918
  4. Salitan v. DashneyOregon Supreme Court · 1959
  5. Werner v. I.C.R.R. Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1942

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hagen v. StoneAppellate Court of Illinois · 1995
  2. Stickler v. McCarthyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965
  3. Smith v. DunawayAppellate Court of Illinois · 1966
  4. Haas v. Pick Galleries, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1973
  5. Roy Strom Excavating & Grading Co. v. National Bank of Albany ParkAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972

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