Daniels v. Fifth National Bank

This was an action of ejectment, brought in the Superior Court of Chicago, wherein judgment by default was rendered against the defendant below, the appellant.

The record contains an affidavit of James S. Norton, the attorney of the plaintiff below, filed on the 14th day of December, 1871, which sets forth the commencement of the suit in the Superior Court of Cook county, the issuing of a summons therein, and the service of it upon the defendant, the filing of a plea by the defendant to the plaintiff’s declaration ■ that the cause was at issue before the 8th day of October, 1871, and that on…