Williams v. Beck

Section ‘2290 of the Revised Statutes provides: “Every person suing out a writ of error shall cause notice thereof in writing to be served on the adverse party, or his attorney of record, twenty days before the return day of such writ. If such notice *150be not served, the writ shall be dismissed, unless good cause for such failure be shown.” The statute is silent as to the form of such notice, or the evidence of its service. To supply the latter omission, rule 7 of this court was adopted, which provides: “All notices of writs of error, with the acceptance, waiver or return, of service indorsed…