Legal Opinion

Chicago Fuel Gas Appliance Co. v. Jewett

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 5, 1896Published

Assumpsit.—Error to the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. James Goqgun, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1896.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary

This is a writ of error bringing up the record of a judgment by default, rendered upon service of a summons upon a “ receiver ” of the plaintiff in error. Since errors were assigned, the court below has, upon notice to the attorneys of the plaintiff in error, permitted the sheriff to amend his return by inserting the words “ and agent ” after the word “ receiver,” as shown by a supplemental record filed. The plaintiff in error urges that permission to file such supplemental record should not be granted except upon affidavit of something, citing Von Glahn v. Von Glahn, 40 Ill. 73, and rule…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. World's Columbian Exposition v. ScalaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
  2. Glahn v. GlahnIllinois Supreme Court · 1867

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