Wakefield v. Goudy
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action of assumpsit, and was heard in the Court below, at the November term, 1839, before the Hon. William Thomas. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff, on a trial by Court, without the intervention of a jury, for $906, and costs.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, Justice
Several grounds of error have been assigned in this cause, none of which are deemed tenable, excepting the first, which is conclusive. It goes to the jurisdiction of the Court. From the record it appears that the defendant in the Circuit Court, on his appearanee, moved to dismiss the cause, for want of an averment in the declaration, that the Circuit Court of Morgan county had jurisdiction, for one of the causes stated in the act extending the territorial jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts of this State in certain cases. It appears that the process of summons emanated from Morgan county, was…
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- State ex rel. Lamouraine v. Judge of Division "B," Civil District CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1893