Frantz v. Fleitz

Citations

• 85 Ill. 362

Syllabus

<p>1. City courts—under the old constitution, abolished by the establishment of new ones. The city courts established before the adoption of the constitution of 1870, were, by that instrument, continued in existence until the legislature should provide, by general law, for city courts of uniform jurisdiction, process, etc., as to grades; but the act relating to city courts, approved March 36, 1874, has had the effect, under the constitution, to repeal all prior acts creating such courts, and such old courts no longer exist, the courts under the latter act being intended to supersede the city courts created under the old constitution.</p> <p>3. The City Court oe East St. Louis, as organized under the act of 1865, ceased to exist, by virtue of the constitution of 1870, and the general law in respect to city courts, of March 36,1874.</p>