Fuller v. Langford

Decided April 15, 1863

Illinois Supreme Court · decided 1863-04-15

Writs of Error to the Circuit Court of Stephenson county; the Hon. Benjamin R. Sheldon, Judge, presiding. The records in these three causes all present precisely the same state of facts.

Relies on Hinman v. Rushmore

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Decided 1863-04-15

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“Mr. Chief Justice CatoN

¶1delivered the opinion of the Court.

¶2Here a writ of foreign attachment was issued out of the Circuit Court of Stephenson county, directed to the sheriff of Livingston county, who levied it upon property of the defendants. No property was found in Stephenson county, and, in fact, no writ was issued to that county, at least till after a motion was made to quash the writ. We decided in Hinman v. Rushmore, 27 Ill. 509, that, without a service in the county whence the writ issued, the court acquired no jurisdiction. The motions to quash should have been sustained.

¶3The judgments must be reversed.

¶4Judgments reversed.