Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, Vol. 54

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Excerpt from Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, Vol. 54: Containing the Remaining Cases Decided at the January Term, 1870, Those of the June Term, 1870, Some Omitted Cases of the June Term, 1869, and a Portion of the Cases Decided at the September Term, 1870+the new constitution, adopted July 2. 1870, provides that the Supreme Court shall consmt of seven Judges, and the State was divided into seven judicial elec tion districts, and provision made for the election of four additional Judges. Accordingly, at the time of voting on the adoption of this constitution, the Hon. Anthony thornton was elected in the second district, Hon. John M. Scott in the third, Hon. Benjamin R. Sheldon in the sixth, and Hon. William K. Mcallister in the seventh, each for the term of nine years. The Chief Justice Will continue to act as such until the expiration of the term for which he was elected, after which the Judges will choose one of their number Chief Justice.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.