Legal Opinion

King v. Chicago, Danville & Vincennes R. R.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 20, 1880PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Murray F. Tuley, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield

The Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad Company, on the 12th day of April, 1873, recovered a judgment at law against Cornelius R. Field, George S. King and Belzabel W. Phillips, partners under the firm name of Field, King & Co., in the Cook county circuit court, for $5,729.16 and costs of suit. Execution issued upon this judgment and was placed in the hands of Robert Pritchard, sheriff of Fulton county, to execute.

On the 28th day of December, 1874, Field, King & Co. filed their bill in chancery in the same court, against the railroad company and Pritchard, to enjoin the collection of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad v. FieldIllinois Supreme Court · 1877

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Wabash Railroad Co. v. JohnsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904
  2. Gage v. EddyIllinois Supreme Court · 1900

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