McGaughey v. Woods

The complaint in this case charges that,, at the October term, 1880, of the Rush Circuit Court, a judgment was rendered against the plaintiff below for $364.50, in *381favor of John H. Woods. It is averred that a complaint was filed, that the plaintiff was duly served with summons, and that the judgment above mentioned was rendered as upon a default. The judgment thus taken is alleged to be void, for the following reasons:

1. There was not then nor is there now any such person as John H. Woods, but that one James H. Woods, now deceased, claimed to have brought the suit, and that by mistake his…