American Hydraulic Dredging Co. v. O. S. Richardson Fueling Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Attachment, under the water-craft act. Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Windes
The first question presented by this record and the only one which we deem it necessary to consider, is whether the Circuit Court had any jurisdiction to issue such alias attachment writ. If there was no jurisdiction to issue such alias writ, it follows that all the proceedings thereunder are void.
It is conceded by the learned counsel of both sides that the question is new in this State, and we are therefore left in its determination without direct authority to guide us, the only cases cited by counsel being such as construe general attachment acts, the various water-craft acts in force in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cariker v. AndersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
- Dennison v. BlumenthalAppellate Court of Illinois · 1890
- Gindele v. CorriganIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- Dorr v. WaldronIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
- Pack, Woods & Co. v. American Trust & Savings BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
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