Meckel v. Johnson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. On December 31, 1906, Frederick L. Meckel, appellant, filed his bill in the circuit court of Cook county against Sara L. Johnson, sole surviving executrix of the last will and testament and codicil of Servetus Fisher Johnson, deceased, Edith Chisholm, a minor, and others deemed to have an interest in the subject matter of the suit under said will and codicil, for specific performance…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. On December 31, 1906, Frederick L. Meckel, appellant, filed his bill in the circuit court of Cook county against Sara L. Johnson, sole surviving executrix of the last will and testament and codicil of Servetus Fisher Johnson, deceased, Edith Chisholm, a minor, and others deemed to have an interest in the subject matter of the suit under said will and codicil, for specific performance of a contract for the sale of real estate located in that county. Edith Chisholm, by her guardian ad litem, interposed a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
To the bill herein, which was for the specific performance of a contract for the conveyance of real estate located in Cook county, Illinois, a general demurrer was sustained. It is urged in support of the action of the court below that the court had no jurisdiction to proceed in the cause, for the reason that all the defendants to the bill were non-residents of the State of Illinois and that no personal service was had upon either of them. Whether or not personal service was had upon either or ail of the defendants does not appear from the face of the bill, and -this question as to the…
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