Jeffries v. Alexander’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The Court sustained an objection to the decree and excluded all evidence in regard to the previous marriage. This is assigned as error. The decree of divorce was rendered by the circuit court of Marion county, and it is contended that it was void because it contained no finding that the complainant was a resident of that county. That the decree was for that reason erroneous and might have been reversed is established by the case of Becklenberg v. Becklenberg, 232 Ill. 120 . But it does not therefore follow that it was void and could be wholly disregarded. The argument made against it is, that the decree failing to show On its face that the court had jurisdiction of the subject matter was therefore absolutely void and subject to collateral attack. The circuit courts of this State have jurisdiction of the subject matter of divorce, and, being courts of general jurisdiction, every presumption will be indulged in favor of their decrees. Nothing will be presumed to be without their jurisdiction which does not specially appear to be so. The court having general jurisdiction of the subject matter will be presumed to have jurisdiction of the particular cause unless its want of jurisdiction affirmatively appears. In the decree in question want of jurisdiction does not affirmatively appear. Though it does not appear that the complainant was a resident of Marion county it does not affirmatively appear that she was not, and the court having rendered a decree, it will be presumed, as aga”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lemmons v. Sims