State ex rel. Wolff v. Finn

This is an action on a sheriff’s bond for a false return. The petition sets forth that, in a suit wherein Patrick Staed was plaintiff and the present plaintiff was defendant, a summons was issued, and was, by defendant Finn, as sheriff, returned in due form as having been personally served on the plaintiff; that there was in fact no service of said summons, and the plaintiff never had any knowledge of said suit, until after a judgment by default had been rendered against her, and her property was . sold under execution thereupon; that she had a complete defence against said suit, and a…