Kreitz v. Behrensmeyer
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Adams county; the Hon. B. F. Berrian, Judge, presiding. Charles F. A. Behrensmeyer filed his .petition in the county court of Adams county, on the 26th of November, 1886, to contest the election for the office of county treasurer of that county, to which John B. Kreitz had been declared elected by the canvassing board.
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Appeal from the County Court of Adams county; the Hon. B. F. Berrian, Judge, presiding. Charles F. A. Behrensmeyer filed his .petition in the county court of Adams county, on the 26th of November, 1886, to contest the election for the office of county treasurer of that county, to which John B. Kreitz had been declared elected by the canvassing board. It is alleged in the petition, that the petitioner had been, and on that day was, and from thence hitherto has been, and he still is, an elector of Adams county, Illinois; that he was an elector of said county at the date of the election next…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
Before proceeding to the merits of the case, we must pass upon a question of jurisdiction and some questions of pleading and practice.
First—It is objected that the county court had no jurisdiction in the case, because the summons was returnable to a probate term instead of to a law term.
It is provided by section 5 of the “County Court act,” (Rev. Stat. 1874, chap. 37, p. 339,) that “county courts shall have jurisdiction in all matters of probate; settlement of estates of deceased persons; appointment of guardians and conservators, and settlement of their accounts; all matters relating to…
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