Graves v. Drane

Gaines, Associate Justice.

A judgment by default was rendered against the defendant in the court below. He brings his cause to this court by a writ of error, and, by his assignments of error, complains that the citation, the sheriff’s return thereon, and the petition are each insufficient to authorize the judgment as rendered. The point made upon the citation, is that the writ commands the officer to summon the defendant to answer the petition of “Drane, Johnson & Drane,” and does not give the foil names of the partners composing *659the firm. The petition contains both the partnership and…