Legal Opinion

O'Donnell v. Turnes

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 10, 1916No. Gen. No. 21,644Published

Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Charles A. Williams, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1915.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McDonald

This writ of error brings up for review a judgment rendered in favor of defendants in error (plaintiffs below), against W. J. Turnes, one of the plaintiffs in error (defendants below), in a fourth-class contract action.

It is urged that the judgment is erroneous in that the action was brought against three defendants jointly, while the judgment is. against defendant Turnes alone. In examining the record, we find that a summons issued only against defendant Turnes. Section 14 of our Practice Act, Rev. St. ch. 110 (J. & A. ¶ 8551), provides as follows:

“If a summons or capias is served on one or…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Page v. BrantIllinois Supreme Court · 1856
  2. Sherburne v. HydeIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  3. Evans v. GillIllinois Supreme Court · 1860

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