Munger v. Crowe

The primary question here is, did the Superior Court of Cook County have jurisdiction to try this case. Confessedly the subject-matter of the suit relates to the removal of the west wing of the present court house in the city of Svcamore, the county seat of DeKalb count}', in order to make room for the construction of a new court house upon the same site.

Section 3, chapter 22, E. S., Chancery, reads: “Suits in chancery shall be commenced in the county where the defendants, or some one or more of them resides; or if the defendants are all non-residents, then in any county; or if the suit may…