Legal Opinion

Commercial Insurance v. Scammon

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 19, 1888PublishedCited by 33 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Eire Hawes, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield

This was an action in the circuit court of Cook county, on a policy of fire insurance. The issues were tried, by agreement of parties, by the court, without the intervention of a jury, and judgment was rendered for the defendant. The plaintiff appealed to the Appellate Court for the First District, and that court reversed the judgment of the circuit court, and rendered final judgment for the plaintiff. This appeal is from that judgment.

Appellant contends that the judgment is void, because the court had no authority to render a final judgment contrary to the finding of the court acting in the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Randall v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. Bartelott v. International BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Ross v. IrvingIllinois Supreme Court · 1852
  4. Bank of Montreal v. PageIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
  5. Fitzsimmons v. CassellIllinois Supreme Court · 1881

3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Christensen v. HollingsworthIdaho Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Mirich v. T. J. Forschner Contracting Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Fulford v. O'CONNORIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
  4. Manistee Lumber Co. v. Union National BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  5. Osgood v. SkinnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1900

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