Legal Opinion

Lemon v. Sweeney

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 29, 1880PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Error to the Circuit Court of DeWitt county; the Hon. Lyman Laoey, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtHigbee, J.

An injunction was issued restraining plaintiff in error from collecting an execution in the hands of Byerly, as a constable of DeWitt county, issued on a judgment, for fifty dollars, rendered by a justice of the peace of said county, in favor of Lemon and against Sweeney.

It is alleged in the bill for the injunction, that at the time the summons was issued and served on defendant in error, and the judgment rendered against him by the justice of the peace, he was a minor only nineteen years old, and that no guardian ad litem was appointed for him by the justice.

This is the only cause shown by…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Blackburn v. BellIllinois Supreme Court · 1878

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Hartford Fire Ins. v. MeyerNebraska Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Zielinski v. PleasonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1939

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