Stanford v. L. N. & R. News Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Barry

delivered the opinion of the court.

No assignment of errors has been written upon or attached to the record as required by Rule 15 of this court. The requirement, that upon appeal or writ of error there must be an assignment of errors written upon or attached to the record, is not a mere matter of form to be considered waived if not objected to, but one of substance. The assignment of errors performs the same office in this court that a declaration does in a court of original jurisdiction, and is equally essential in the forming of an issue upon which the court can…