Gordon ex rel. Security Insurance v. Current
Appellate Court of Illinois
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shurtlefe
This suit was instituted by appellee for the use of the ^Security Insurance Company, a corporation, before" a police magistrate of Vermilion county, to recover damages for the injury to an automobile, charged to have been caused by the negligence of appellant, in a collision. There was a judgment for appellee in the magistrate’s court and, upon appeal, a verdict and judgment for appellee in the sum of $360.80, in the county court of Vermilion county, from which this appeal is taken.
Appellant to reverse the judgment insists that a police magistrate had no jurisdiction to try a cause for injury…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. ReedyIllinois Supreme Court · 1856
- Skinner v. MorganAppellate Court of Illinois · 1886
- Oberman v. Camden Fire InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
- Northrup v. SmothersAppellate Court of Illinois · 1891
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. McNuttAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907
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