Colonial Acceptance Corp. v. Blake

This action as originally returned to court is one in the nature of a replevin action. In the copy thereof, left in service, the names of the principal, his surety and witnesses to the bond appended to the writ were typed. The Court sustained the plea in abatement filed by the defendant for that reason. Within a few days the plaintiff filed a motion to amend the bond in the copy of the original writ in such a manner that the written signatures of the respective parties referred to above would be substituted for the typewritten signatures. No one appeared in behalf of the defendant in…