Legal Opinion

Drake v. Drake

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1876PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of De Kalb county; the Hon. Theodore D. Murphy, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Soholfield

An alias summons to the sheriff of Coolc county was served on appellant, and, at the return term of the summons, he appeared and filed the following plea:

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“And the said Carlton Drake, in his own proper person, comes and defends, etc., when, etc., and prays judgment of the writ and declaration aforesaid, because he says that, before and at the time of the commencement of this suit, and at all times since the commencement of this suit, the defendant has been, and still is, a resident of the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, and has not resided in the county of De Kalb, nor…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Kenney v. GreerIllinois Supreme Court · 1851
  2. Humphrey v. PhillipsIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
  3. Howe v. ThayerIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
  4. Tiffany v. SpaldingIllinois Supreme Court · 1859

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Comrs. of Mason v. GriffinIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Pooler v. SouthwickAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906
  3. Butler v. National Live Stock InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1916
  4. First National Bank v. Geneseo Town Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1893
  5. F. H. Earl Manufacturing Co. v. Summit Lumber Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1906

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