Comet Consolidated Min. Co. v. Frost

Richmond, C.

Defendant in error, plaintiff below, instituted this action to recover the sum of $6,687.77, with interest at the rate of ten per cent, per annum from the 17th day of December, 1885, evidenced by a promissory note.

The proceedings in this case were based upon the act of 1885, entitled “ An act to amend an act providing a system of procedure in civil actions in the courts of justice of the state of Colorado, approved March 17, 1877.”

In pursuance of this act a summons was issued, signed by the attorney of plaintiff, addressed to the defendant and served upon J. Granville Sharp,…