People ex rel. Aldhouse v. McCarthy

The relator, proceeded against in supplementary proceedings upon a Municipal Court judgment in which the defendant was named as “ Herbert Oldhaus,” has obtained an alternative writ of prohibition to restrain the making, entry and enforcement of an order of the City Court adjudging him in contempt for failure to attend and submit to an examination. His challenge of the City Court’s jurisdiction is founded upon the assertion that the judgment sought to be enforced was absolutely void, both for failure of service of the summons and because he was sued, as he claims, by a wrong name.

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