Eaton v. Supervisors of Manitowoc County

The notice of appeal in this case is not signed by the appellant or any one for him. Sec. 3 of ch. 264 of 1860 requires an appeal to be made by service of notice in writing; not specifying, but certainly implying, that the notice should be signed by or for the appellant. "We are not prepared to say that, when a written notice is required to be given by a party under a statute or rule not expressly direct*318ing it to be signed, and when the party himself serves the notice unsigned, the absence of signature may not be cured by the service in person. In this case, however, the record does not…