Legal Opinion

Pinkerton v. Grand Pacific Hotel Co.

Illinois Circuit Court

Decided July 1, 1903Published

Bill by complainant to set aside judgment of dismissal in suit between same parties. Demurrer to amended bill. Heard before Judge Jesse Holdom.

1Opinion of the Court

Holdom, J.:

A general demurrer is filed by defendants to the bill of complaint as amended, a demurrer having heretofore been successfully interposed to the original bill.

Briefly stated, the parties to this cause had a suit, on the common law side of the court, of complainants against the defendant, to recover a claim for services rendered by complainants, who were the well known detectives whose headquarters are in this city with branch offices in many parts of this continent.

The common law cause was on the calendar of his honor, Judge Kavanagh, and when reached for trial by agreement of the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Coughran v. GutcheusIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
  2. Dougherty v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. WalshIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Gebbie v. MooneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  5. Cairo & St. Louis Railroad v. HolbrookIllinois Supreme Court · 1874

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