First National Bank v. Beresford

Appellee, on the 6th day of March, 1875, obtained a judgment before a justice of the peace, in the- city of Chicago, against appellant, for the sum of $121.15.

After the expiration of twenty days, allowed by the statute for an appeal, appellant removed the cause into the circuit court of Cook county, by certiorari.

The circuit court, on motion, quashed the writ and dismissed the appeal, on the ground that the petition was insufficient.

The statute requires that the petition shall set forth and show, upon the oath of the applicant or his agent, that the judgment was not the result of negligence…