Swift v. Green

This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Green, Ware and Rice, against Richard K. Swift, Lyman P. Swift and James S. Johnston, in the Cook Circuit Court, to the special January term, 1858. The summons was returned served on Richard K. Swift and James S. Johnston, and, as to Lyman P. Swift, not found. On the 16th day of January, 1858, a judgment by default was rendered against all the defendants for the sum of two hundred and ninety-one dollars and seventy-five cents. There was no appearance entered by defendant Lyman P. Swift. And to reverse this judgment the defendants below prosecute…