Carlton v. Miller

BISHOP, J., pro tem.

A judgment in plaintiff’s favor entered in the circuit court, Livingston County, Illinois, is made the 'basis of this action. From the new judgment rendered in a superior court of this state, the defendants appeal, insisting that the judgment sued on is void because the Illinois court never acquired jurisdiction of the parties, and further, that plaintiff has no capacity to sue in this state. We find neither position defensible.

It appears from the evidence that Herbert A. Miller, a defendant, but not one of the appellants, was in some sort of financial difficulty with the…