Bank of North America v. Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad

Citations

• 82 Ill. 493

Syllabus

<p>T. Corporations—residence is where their principal office is. In a suit against a corporation, an affidavit of claim, filed with the declaration, stating the amount due from defendant to plaintiff, and that the principal office of defendant is in the county where the suit is brought, is sufficient to show that the defendant is a resident of that county, within the meaning of the act providing for the filing of such affidavits.</p> <p>3. Practice—affidavit of merits. Where the declaration in an action of assumpsit contains a special count upon a promissory note, and the common counts, and the plaintiff flies with his declaration an affidavit of claim, in accordance with the Practice Act, a plea denying the execution of the note, verified by affidavit, is not a compliance with the statute requiring an affidavit of merits, and it is not error to strike such plea from the flies.</p>