Illinois Central Railroad v. Willenborg, 14 Ill. App. 508 (1884)

April 18, 1884 · Illinois Appellate Court

14 Ill. App. 508

Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. Henry Willenborg et al.

Jurisdiction. — Where the question of the validity of a statute is involved, this court has no jurisdiction, and when the point is made in apparent good faith and must he disposed of in order to decide the case, the court will upon its own motion decline to consider it. 1

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Effingham county; the Hon. Thos. S. Casey, Judge, presiding.

Opinion filed April 18, 1884.

Messrs. Green & Gilbert, for appellant.

Mr. John C. White and Mr. S. E. Gilmore, for appellees.

Per Curiam.

The point is made by appellant that Secs. 40 and 41, Ch. 114, R. S., are invalid because repugnant to the constitution.

Such a question must be presented to the Supreme Court and we have no jurisdiction to pass upon it. When the point is made in apparent good faith and must be disposed of in order to decide the case, we must upon our own motion decline to consider it. Practice Act, Sec. 89, as amended in 1879; St. L. T. Co. v. Canty, 103 Ill. 423; Marion Co. v. Lear, 108 Ill. 343; Wright v. People, 92 Ill. 596.

The appeal will be dismissed with leave to withdraw record, abstracts and briefs.

■ Appeal dismissed.