Railway Passenger & Freight Conductors' Mutual Aid & Benefit Ass'n v. Robinson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, brought in the Circuit Court of Sangamon county, by Edward T. Robinson, executor of the last will and testament of James R. Robinson, deceased, against the Railway Passenger and Freight Conductors’ Mutual Aid and Benefit Association, to enforce the payment by the association of the money claimed to have become payable upon the death of the complainant’s testator. The bill alleges,, in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
The decision of the Circuit Court disallowing and overruling the defendant’s plea to the jurisdiction is assigned for error, and the first question for us to consider is thus presented. Two answers are made to the defendant’s contention, (1) that the plea was insufficient to show want of jurisdiction, and (2) that the defendant, by appearing generally and answering the bill voluntarily submitted itself to the jurisdiction of the court, and thereby waived any error that may have been committed by the court in overruling the plea. The Appellate Court seems to have adopted the view that by…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rockhold v. Canton Masonic Mutual Benevolent SocietyIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- Moore v. TierneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
- Stephenson Insurance v. DunnIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
3Cited by51 opinions
- Hurd v. Illinois Bell Telephone CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1955
- Railway Passenger & Freight Conductors' Mutual Aid & Benefit Ass'n v. TuckerIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Siegel v. First Pennsylvania Banking and Trust Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1961
- Lehman v. ClarkIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Howe v. Patrons' Mutual Fire Ins.Michigan Supreme Court · 1921
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