Legal Opinion

Kipp v. Lichtenstein

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1875PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Woodford county; the Hon. John Burns, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon

This was an action of debt. To the declaration were filed the plea of “nil debet” and several special pleas, to which latter demurrers were sustained, and the defendants abided by their pleas. Judgment was rendered against the defendants, from which they appealed.

It is sufficient, for the reversal of this judgment, that the declaration shows no cause of action.

The declaration avers that the defendants, together with three other persons, on the 29th day of April, 1870, for the purpose of forming a company, under the act of the General Assembly, approved February 10, 1849, entitled “An act to…

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. Chicago & Alton Railroad v. ClausenIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. People ex rel. Weber v. City of Spring ValleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Himrod Coal Co. v. ClarkIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. HinesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889
  5. Laughlin v. North America Benefit Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1927

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