Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Mills v. Ledwidge
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. This is a bill filed in the Superior Court of Cook county by the Detroit Copper and Brass Rolling Mills, a body corporate, against Matthew Ledwidge, doing business under the firm name of Ledwidge & Co., Harry Bennett, certain judgment creditors of said Ledwidge, and James Pease, sheriff of Cook county.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. This is a bill filed in the Superior Court of Cook county by the Detroit Copper and Brass Rolling Mills, a body corporate, against Matthew Ledwidge, doing business under the firm name of Ledwidge & Co., Harry Bennett, certain judgment creditors of said Ledwidge, and James Pease, sheriff of Cook county. A general demurrer was filed to the bill, which was sustained by the court below. The complainant took exceptions to the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The creditor filing the bill in this case is a mere contract creditor, who has not reduced his claim to judgment. The bill alleges, it is true, that, before the filing of it, complainant had commenced an attachment suit upon its claim, and caused an attachment writ therein issued to be levied by the sheriff upon a stock of merchandise, belonging to the debtor, worth about $15,000.00, subject, however, to the executions of certain judgment creditors, holding judgments to the amount of about $24,000.00. The bill shows, that the sheriff had seized the stock under the executions before the levy…
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