Holdom v. James
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action of assmnpsit. Error to the Superior Court of Cook County: the Hon. Geobge H. Kettelle, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1893.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court,
Gary, P. J.
The plaintiff in error is the conservator of one Paul Holz, a lunatic, and was sued and judgment obtained against him by the defendant in error upon a demand against Paul Holz.
Before the revision of 1874 the statute of this State, so far back as we can trace (1823) provided, as cited in Morgan v. Hoyt, 69 Ill. 489, that conservators might be sued as representatives, and the property of the ward sold on executions against them. But all such provisions were left out in that revision, and now if a conservator can be sued on demands against the ward, it must be by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- James Morgan v. HoytIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
3Cited by2 opinions
- Geipelt v. GeipeltAppellate Court of Illinois · 1919
- Nimmons v. StrykerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907