Burke v. Instant Heat Co. of America, Inc.

By this writ of error the defendant corporation seeks to reverse a judgment for $1,100 recovered against it by the plaintiff Burke in the superior court of Cook county. The plaintiff instituted an attachment proceeding, the defendant being a Delaware corporation and not licensed to do business in this State, and in connection with that proceeding garnisheed a bank account in a local bank. The defendant thereupon appeared and gave bond and the attachment was withdrawn and the matter proceeded as an ordinary action at law. The plaintiff filed a declaration consisting of a count for money had…