Randolph v. People ex rel. Trustees of Schools
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. Geobge W. Hebdman, 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 Logan county; the Hon. Geobge W. Hebdman, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding in the Logan county court, purporting to he an attachment against the appellant, as administrator of the estate of W. H. Young, deceased, for a contempt of court by appellant in failing to pay the trustees of schools $812.10, in pursuance of an order of the court made July 23, 1868. Appellant filed a plea or answer, averring that no demand had been made on him for the money prior to January 14, 1888;…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
This was an appeal from an order of the County Court of Logan County to the Circuit Court of that county; the Circuit Court dismissed the appeal; the Appellate Court has affirmed such dismissal, and the ease is brought here by a further appeal.
The main question discussed by the counsel on both sides, and the only one which we deem it necessary to decide, is this: was the appeal properly taken from the County Court to the Circuit Court, or should the case have been brought directly to this Court by writ of error issued herefrom to the County Court ?
Before July 23, 1868, the appellant,…
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