Darling v. McDonald
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in" that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Richland county; the Hon. William C. Jones, Judge, presiding. Andrew Darling, in and by his last will and testament, appointed Adaline Darling, Robert Byers, and Samuel C. Clubh, to be executors of the same.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in" that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Richland county; the Hon. William C. Jones, Judge, presiding. Andrew Darling, in and by his last will and testament, appointed Adaline Darling, Robert Byers, and Samuel C. Clubh, to be executors of the same. After his death, and on the 28th day of April, A. D. 1874, letters testamentary, in due form of law, were thereupon granted to them by- the county court of Richland county, and they then duly qualified as such, and entered upon the administration of the estate. Shortly…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
The order from which this appeal is prosecuted directs the payment of a judgment rendered by the circuit court of Eichland county, in favor of McDonald and against Darling’s executors, in an action of assumpsit,-for the personal services of McDonald in nursing Darling during his last sickness. . Beyond all question this was a “cause in law,” and being such, the court had original jurisdiction in “the cause” under sec. 12, art. 6, of the constitution; and this jurisdiction is unaffected by the statute conferring jurisdiction upon the county court in the same class of “causes.” Myers v. The…
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