Wadhams v. Hotchkiss
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph Sibley, Judge, presiding. This was an action by Francilia M. Hotchkiss against Alvin S. Wadhams. The opinion of the court gives a sufficient statement of the case for an understanding of the points discussed and decided.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
This suit was originally commenced before a justice of the peace of Cook county. Appeal was prayed from the judgment there rendered, to the Superior Court of Cook county, where judgment was given in favor of the plaintiff, from which this appeal is prosecuted.
We think the statute, itself, furnishes a complete answer to the objection urged in consequence of the change of the name of the plaintiff before the justice of the peace. It provides: “ the justice may, at the request of either party, at any time before the trial, amend the summons and other papers in the case, so as to make the same…
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