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5 Illinois opinions name it 2 courts 1866–1923 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Illinois courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (0)

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No positive-treatment citations attached to this issue in Illinois.

Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

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No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Illinois. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (8)

CaseCitedYears
McQuoid v. People neutral
ill · 1846
1 sentence

1923McQuoid v. People, 8 Ill. 76 ; People v. Michael, 280 Ill. 11 ; Harmison v. City of Lewistown, 153 Ill. 313 ; Ballard v. City of Chicago., 69 Ill.

11923–1923
Harmison v. City of Lewistown neutral
ill · 1894
1 sentence

1923McQuoid v. People, 8 Ill. 76 ; People v. Michael, 280 Ill. 11 ; Harmison v. City of Lewistown, 153 Ill. 313 ; Ballard v. City of Chicago., 69 Ill.

11923–1923
People v. Michael green
ill · 1917
1 sentence

1923McQuoid v. People, 8 Ill. 76 ; People v. Michael, 280 Ill. 11 ; Harmison v. City of Lewistown, 153 Ill. 313 ; Ballard v. City of Chicago., 69 Ill.

11923–1923
Ballard v. City of Chicago neutral
illappct · 1897
1 sentence

1923McQuoid v. People, 8 Ill. 76 ; People v. Michael, 280 Ill. 11 ; Harmison v. City of Lewistown, 153 Ill. 313 ; Ballard v. City of Chicago., 69 Ill.

11923–1923
Cole v. Pennoyer neutral
ill · 1852
1 sentence

1914(Cole v. Pennoyer, 14 Ill. 158 ; Mette v. Feltgen, 148 id. 357; Sayles v. Christie, 187 id. 420.) This seems to be the rule generally. (7 Ency. of Pl. & Pr. 290.) Counsel for plaintiffs in error argue that in the last two cases cited what is said on that subject was obiter and not necessary for the decision, and that in the first case it was assumed that this was the rule without discussion, while counsel for defendants in error argue to the contrary, and contend that by analogy the same rule ought to be applied in ejectment proceedings to lunatics.

11914–1914
Chapman v. Kirby green
ill · 1868
1 sentence

1898And this seems to be the rule approved by the Supreme Court in Chapman et al. v. Kirby, 49 Ill. 211 .

11898–1898
Cummings v. People green
ill · 1869
1 sentence

1896See 2 Taunt. 256, 2 Anstr. 448, 3 id. 811, from which it should seem that if it appears in a declaration, or in a scire facias at the suit of the king on a bond, that there were other joint contractors, though it be not averred that they be living, the declaration and scire facias will be deemed insufficient.” Gould on Pleading (p. 260, sec. 115,) says: “But in an action on contract, if it appears from the face of the declaration, or of any other pleading on the part of the plaintiff, that a person not made defendant in the suit was a joint contractor with the defendant, and that such person i

11896–1896
Stoughton v. Mott neutral
vt · 1853
1 sentence

1866Stoughton v. Mott, 25 Vt. 668 .

11866–1866

Where else courts name it

TX 19 (1864–1958) NY 18 (1828–1957) IA 12 (1896–1954) IN 11 (1894–2013) OK 11 (1908–1939) MO 10 (1855–1951) FL 8 (1881–1965) NE 7 (1898–1955) AZ 6 (1923–1941) KY 6 (1876–1945) WI 6 (1886–1970) AR 6 (1900–1947) IL 5 (1866–1923) GA 5 (1894–1965) MD 4 (1950–2001) WA 4 (1903–1925) VT 4 (1843–1916) OR 4 (1892–1929) CO 4 (1895–1920) PA 4 (1904–1932) NC 4 (1906–1943) KS 3 (1889–1889) AL 3 (1913–1961) CA 3 (1954–1958) SD 3 (1910–1974) WV 3 (1888–1944) ID 3 (1871–1931) MI 2 (1876–1979) VA 2 (1826–1982) NJ 2 (1797–1918) WY 2 (1905–1954) MA 2 (1843–1907) SC 2 (1888–1930) RI 2 (1905–1910) LA 2 (1923–1954) NM 2 (1904–1944) MT 2 (1909–1924) OH 2 (1896–1931)

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