Cherry v. Mississippi Valley Insurance

On July 22, 1872, the plaintiff in error executed a note for $2,000, payable to one H. A. Partee six months after, date, upon which the defendant in error, as assignee, instituted suit against the plaintiff in error, in the circuit court of Shelby county, on March 23, 1878. The summons was returned not executed, alias and pluries writs were duly issued and returned to each succeeding term not found, until' the January term, 1881, of said court — the regular terms commencing on the third Mondays in January, May and September. The . last summons was issued December 30, 1880, tested of the…