Stephenson Insurance v. Dunn
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Livingston county; the Hon. Charles E. Starr, Judge, presiding. This was an action of covenant, brought by the defendant in error, in the Circuit Court of Livingston county, against the plaintiff in error, to recover upon a policy of insurance for a loss sustained by him. In the court below, judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $180 and costs of suit, to reverse which a writ of error has been sued out of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
The only question necessary to be examined on this record is this: Had the Circuit Court of Livingston county jurisdiction of the person of the defendant ?
It appears from the declaration in the cause, that the covenant was entered into in the county of Livingston, though, by the copy of it contained in the declaration, it purports to have been made at the office of the company-in the city of Freeport.
Freeport is in the county of Stephenson in this State, and the seat of justice of that county, and the suit was brought in Livingston by the plaintiff, a resident of Livingston.
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