National Parlor Furniture Co. v. Strauss
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on the common counts. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Fablin' Q. Ball, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice
Shepard delivered the opinion of the Court.
The appellant corporation brought assumpsit to the August term, 1895, of the Superior Court of Cook County, describing the defendants, in the praecipe, as “Isydore Strauss and E. W. Strauss, doing business as Isydore Strauss & Son,” and naming them in the summons and declaration in the same way, except by omitting the words “ doing business.”
The summons was returned by the sheriff “ served this writ on the within named defendants, E. W. Strauss, by reading, * * * the other defendant not found,” etc.
At the return term, one Harry…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Union National Bank v. First National BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
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