Drumm v. Holmes

This is an action of contract in which the plaintiff seeks to recover on a judgment entered August 28, 1946 in the Municipal Court of Chicago, Illinois.

The defendant filed an answer in which he denied that the Court in Chicago ever had or acquired jurisdiction of the person or property of the defendant and alleged that if the judgment was obtained it was obtained in pursuance of a stipulation void by the laws of this Commonwealth.

The evidence tended to show the following facts:

In May, 1946 the defendant went to Chicago to attend the funeral of his uncle Joseph B. Holmes. On May 28, 1946, the…