Wightman v. Hart
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Superior Court of Chicago. This was' a suit in chancery, commenced in the Superior Court of Chicago, in October, 1862, by John Hart, against Q. A. Wightman, alias Charles W. Clapp, Albert Clapp, Frederick Kaehler, Charles Kaehler, Frederick Johnson and Marion Blanchard.
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Writ or Error to the Superior Court of Chicago. This was' a suit in chancery, commenced in the Superior Court of Chicago, in October, 1862, by John Hart, against Q. A. Wightman, alias Charles W. Clapp, Albert Clapp, Frederick Kaehler, Charles Kaehler, Frederick Johnson and Marion Blanchard. The bill alleges that Charles W. Clapp, under the name of Wightman, and Edward Benton, as partners, became indebted to complainant. • That complainant recovered a judgment, by attachment, against them, in the Superior Court of Chicago; but that it was without service of process, and without seizure of any…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
The bill alleges, that defendant in error, in the month of October, 1862, recovered a judgment against Q. A. Wightman and Edward Benton, in an attachment suit in the Superior Court of Chicago. But, inasmuch as there was no service on the defendants, or levy on property, no execution could issue upon the judgment, against them. Also, that Wight-man’s real name was Charles W. Clapp, and that he and Benton had been engaged in the commission business in the city of Chicago, as partners, for about two years, before the commencement of the attachment suit. That in January, 1862, C. W. Clapp…
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