COURTS OF COOK COUNTY. The courts of Cook county are as follows, to wit: (1) Justices of the Peace and Police Magistrates; (2) County court; (3) Probate court; (4) Circuit and Superior courts; (5) Appellate court. First-Justices of the peace and police magistrates have jurisdiction to try the following cases where the amount does not exceed $200, to wit: Actions arising on contracts. Actions for damages for injury to real property or for taking, detaining or injuring personal property. Actions for rent and distress for rent. Actions against railroad companies and other companies or persons using any railroad for killing or injuring horses, cattle, sheep, hogs or other stock; for loss or injury to baggage or freight, for injury or damage to real or personal property caused by setting fire by their engines or otherwise. Actions of replevin where the value of the property claimed does not exceed $200. Actions for damages for fraud in the sale or exchange of personal property and in all cases where the action of debt or assumpsit will lie where the claim or demand is not more than $200. Actions for violating city or village ordinances. Actions of debt against mortgagors for selling personal property mortgaged by them without notice. Actions for the recovery of damages for injury to sheep by dogs. Actions for damages for keeping a place where access can be had by other creatures to and become infected by any sheep that is known to be affected with contagious disease. Actions to recover back money lost at gaming or by betting on horse-racing. Actions for violations of the provisions of the dram-shop act. Actions for selling liquor at or near a fair ground. Actions for driving away stock by drover. Actions for allowing animals running at large. Actions against justices of the peace for money received for sale of estrays. Actions for violating statutes relating to hunting and fishing. Actions for violating act relating to roads and bridges and obstructing highways. Actions for violating law relating to ferries. Actions for failure to pay toll on plank roads. Actions for bringing and leaving pauper in county where such pauper is not lawfully settled. Actions for taking too much toll and for violating act relating to mills and millers. Actions for dog tax assessed on dog. Actions for a forcible entry and detainer. Actions relating to estrays. Actions against justices and constables to compel them to pay over money received by them in their official capacity. And in all actions of misdemeanor where the punishment is by fine only when the fine does not exceed $200. All actions of assault and battery and affrays in which the people are plaintiffs. Justices of the peace and police magistrates also have jurisdiction as examining magistrates to bind over to the grand jury in all criminal cases. PROBATE COURT. The Probate court has original jurisdiction in all matters of probate, the settlement of estates of deceased persons, the appointment of guardians and conservators and the settlement of their accounts and all matters relating to apprentices and in cases of the sale of real estate of deceased persons to pay debts. The terms commence on the third Monday of each month and shall always be open for the granting of letters testamentary and guardLanship and for probate business. COUNTY COURT. The County court is a court of record and has concurrent jurisdiction with the Circuit court in all that class of cases wherein a justice of the peace has jurisdiction where the amount, claim or value of the property in controversy does not exceed $1,000 and in all appeals from justices of the peace and police magistrates; it also has jurisdiction for collection of taxes and assessments, including special assessments, condemnation proceedings and insolvent estates. Appeals lie to the Circuit and Superior courts and in some cases to the Appellate court. CRIMINAL COURT. The Criminal court of Cook county has the jurisdiction of a Circuit court in all cases of a criminal and quasi-criminal nature arising in the county of Cook and all recognizances and appeals taken in said county in criminal and quasi-criminal cases. It has no jurisdiction in civil cases except in those on behalf of the people and incident to criminal and quasicriminal matters. The court is held by one or more of the judges of the Circuit or Superior court. The terms of the Criminal court begin on the first Monday of each month. CIRCUIT COURT. The Circuit court has original jurisdiction in all cases in law or in equity and has appellate jurisdiction in all appeals from justices of the peace, from the Probate court and County court, except in criminal cases, where the appeal goes to the Criminal court as above stated. The Circuit court now consists of thirteen judges and its terms begin on the third Monday of each month. Appeals and writs of error lie from its final orders, judgment and decrees to the Appellate court of the 1st district in all cases except in all criminal cases and cases involving a franchise or freehold or the validity of a statute, in which the appeal or writ of error goes direct to the Supreme court. SUPERIOR COURT. The Superior court of Cook county has the appeals and writs of same jurisdiction as the Circuit court and final orders, judgments and decrees to the Aperror lie from its pellate and Supreme courts the same as from the Circuit court. It only differs from the Circuit court in name. It now has twelve judges and its terms of court begin on the first Monday of each month. APPELLATE COURT. 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