Ferber v. Brueckl

— This appeal involves a determination of the question as to whether a suit suffers a discontinuance if plaintiff fails to cause an «/«/s writ o£ summons to be issued at the return term and successive plvrie-s writs at every succeeding term until tbe defendants can be found and served; whether, if no writ was issued between the date of the first non est and the dale of the issuance of the last writ, such will affect the validity of the judgment though a number of terms have intervened. This question has disturbed the Bar since the decision in the case of Weaver v. Woodling, 272 S. W. 373, by…