REPORTS OF CASES DETERMINED IN THE APPELLATE COURTS OF ILLINOIS WITH A DIRECTORY OF THE JUDICIARY OF THE STATE VOL. CCIX A. D. 1918. LAST FILING DATE OF REPORTED CASES: FIRST DISTRICT, MARCH 12, 1918. EDITED BY THE PUBLISHERS EDITORIAL STAFF CHICAGO CALLAGHAN & COMPANY DIRECTORY OF THE JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. CORRECTED TO SEPTEMBER 1, 1918. The judiciary department of the State of Illinois is composed of (1) the Supreme Court; (2) Appellate Courts; (3) Circuit Courts; (4) Courts of Cook County; (5) City Courts; (6) Municipal Court of Chicago; (7) County and Probate Courts. (1) THE SUPREME COURT. The Supreme Court consists of seven justices, elected for a term of nine years, one from each of the seven districts into which the State is divided. Formerly the State was divided into three grand divisions, Southern, Central and Northern, in which the terms were held, with one clerk for each of the three grand divisions elected for a term of six years, the court sitting at Mount Vernon, Springfield and Ottawa. In 1897 these divisions were consolidated into one, comprising the entire State, and provision made that all terms of the court be held in the city of Springfield, on the first Tuesday in October, December, February, April and June of each year. The Chief Justice is chosen by the court, annually, at the June term. The rule of the court is to select as successor to the presiding justice the justice next in order of seniority who has not served as Chief Justice within six years last past. Mr. Justice Duncan is the present Chief Justice. CLERK, CHARLES W. VAIL, Chicago. LIBRARIAN, RALPH H. WILKIN, Springfield. |