Waterman v. Tuttle
Illinois Supreme Court
Thtr action was heard before Manierre, Judge, at November term, 1856, of the Cook Circuit Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSkinner, J.
The plaintiffs below sued the defendants in the Cook Circuit Court, counting in assumpsit upon two promissory notes. The declaration contained an averment that the causes of action accrued at the county of Cook, and that the plaintiffs resided in said county. The summons was sent to De Kalb county and there served. The defendants pleaded in bar, traversing this averment. To this plea the court sustained a demurrer.
This court, in the case of Kenney v. Greer, 13 Ill. R. 432, overruling several previously decided cases, held that in actions in the circuit court, where the summons is sent to…
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