Fuller v. Langford

Apr 15, 1863
Reporters:
Before:
Caton
“Mr. Chief Justice CatoN

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Here 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.

The judgments must be reversed.

Judgments reversed.