Forsyth v. Barnes
Illinois Supreme Court
Appear from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District affirming a judgment of the superior court of Cook county in an action of debt.
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Appear from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District affirming a judgment of the superior court of Cook county in an action of debt. To support his action in the trial court appellee offered in evidence a transcript of the judgment entered by confession against appellants in the court of common pleas of Auglaize county, Ohio, on a note and warrant of attorney executed by both of the appellants and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The record does not disclose where appellants resided when the note was executed, but the fact that the note was dated at Sidney, Ohio, and payable at the German-American Bank of that city, would indicate that the contract was made and to be performed in Ohio. In view of the fact that appellants were sued in Cook county and there is nothing in the record to indicate that their domicile is elsewhere, it must be presumed that Cook county is the domicile of Anna M. Forsyth. The general rule of law is, that as between the law of the place where a contract is made and of the place where the…
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