Legal Opinion

Locey Coal Mines v. Chicago, Wilmington & Vermilion Coal Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 31, 1889PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey

This was a creditor’s bill, brought by the Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company against the Locey Coal Mines, to enforce the collection of a certain judgment at law against the defendant. It appears from the bill, which for want of an answer was taken pro confesso, and from the proofs adduced at the hearing, that on the 8th day of February, 1887, the complainant obtained a judgment against the defendant by confession for $6903.65 and costs, and that execution issued on said judgment had been returned wholly unsatisfied. It-further appears that the defendant is a corporation…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hammock v. Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. Peoria & Springfield Railroad v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1882

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Catlin Coal Co. v. LloydIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Blair v. Illinois Steel Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Traer v. FowlerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
  4. Ames v. AmesIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  5. Bruschke v. WrightIllinois Supreme Court · 1897

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