Cassem v. Galvin
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, begun in the circuit court of LaSalle county, to recover damages for alleged slanderous words uttered by appellant against and concerning appellee. Both parties to the action are residents of Kane county.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, begun in the circuit court of LaSalle county, to recover damages for alleged slanderous words uttered by appellant against and concerning appellee. Both parties to the action are residents of Kane county. Appellant was served with summons while he was temporarily present in Ottawa, in LaSalle county, engaged in the taking of depositions in a chancery cause then pending in the circuit court…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
The errors assigned on the record in this court are, that the Appellate Court erred in not reversing the judgment of the circuit court, and that it erred in affirming the judgment of the circuit court sustaining the demurrer to the plea in abatement.
In support of his position that the court should have overruled the demurrer to the plea in abatement, appellant cites section 2, chapter 110, of the Revised Statutes, which provides: “It shall not be lawful for any plaintiff to sue any defendant out of the county where the latter resides or may be found, except in local actions,” etc. Appellant…
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