Maiss v. Metropolitan Amusement Ass'n
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Edward A. Dicker, Judge, presiding. This was an action of the fourth class brought by appellee in the municipal court of the city of Chicago to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the appellee and for damages to his buggy.
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Appear from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Edward A. Dicker, Judge, presiding. This was an action of the fourth class brought by appellee in the municipal court of the city of Chicago to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the appellee and for damages to his buggy. Appellant conducts an amusement park at Cottage Grove avenue and Sixtieth street, in the city of Chicago, and in connection therewith operated an electric searchlight placed on a tower and so…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Farmer
The principal contention of appellant is, that the municipal court had no jurisdiction of this cause and should have sustained appellant’s motion to dismiss the suit. The action was brought as one of the fourth class provided for in the fourth clause of the second section of the Municipal Court act. Said clause reads as follows:
“Fourth—Cases to be designated and hereinafter referred to as cases of the fourth class, which shall'include ■ (a) all civil actions, quasi criminal actions excepted, for the recovery of money only when the amount claimed by the plaintiff, exclusive of costs, does not…
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