Stevens-Jarvis Lumber Co. v. Quixley Lumber Co.

This is a writ of error to the circuit court of Cook county brought by the Quixley Lumber Company, plaintiff in error, to reverse a judgment entered by default in an action of assumpsit for alleged breach of contract on the part of the Stevens-Jarvis Lumber Company, defendant in error, for failure to deliver certain lumber to the plaintiff in error.

An original and an amended declaration were filed. Plaintiff in error pleaded to the original declaration. Thereafter defendant in error filed an amended declaration. No affidavit of claim was filed with the original declaration, but one was filed…