Massie v. Cessna

This appeal comes directly from the circuit court of Cook county, and presents the question of the constitutionality of the statute of May 13, 1905, entitled “An act in relation to the assignment of wages, income or salary,” (Hurd’s Stat. 1908, p. 176,) which reads as follows:

“Sec. 1. No assignment of the wages or salary of any person shall be valid, so as to vest in the assignee any beneficial interest, either at law or in equity, unless such assignment shall be in writing, signed by the assignor and acknowledged in person by the assignor before a justice of the peace in and for the township…