Hosking v. Southern Pacific Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Wiuuiam N. CotTrflu, Judge, presiding. This suit was commenced by the plaintiff in error as an action of the fourth class, in the municipal court of Chicago.
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Writ of Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Wiuuiam N. CotTrflu, Judge, presiding. This suit was commenced by the plaintiff in error as an action of the fourth class, in the municipal court of Chicago. The bill of particulars stated: “Plaintiff’s claim is for the value of a trunk and contents, the property of plaintiff, lost by defendant while same was in its possession at or near the city of San Francisco, State of California, on or about the i8th day of April, 1906.” The plaintiff in…
1Per curiam
It is first contended by plaintiff in error that the Appellate Court had no jurisdiction to issue the writ of error and review the judgment in this case. The argument made in support of this contention is, that the municipal court of the city of Chicago is not a part of the judicial department of the State government but is an integral part of the city government of Chicago, established under authority of a constitutional amendment, and that said municipal court is so essentially different from any courts in existence before said constitutional amendment was adopted, that statutes previously…
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