Wells v. Edmison

The pleadings and findings in this record show that on the twenty-eighth day of August, 1878, the plaintiffs, as copartners under the name of M. D. Wells & Co., commenced an action upon an account for goods sold and delivered, against the defendant, by personal service of process, in the circuit court for Buchanan county, in the State of Iowa, which was a court of general -jurisdiction. The defendant made no appearance or answer, and at the October term of 1878, on the twenty-ninth day of October, judgment was rendered against him for §577.50, and costs. After the commencement of that action,…