Hunt v. Wiley & Porter

Opinion by

Watts, J.

§ 1214. Citation; sufficiency of; construction of statute. It was objected to the citation in this case that it did not state the names of all the parties to the transaction, or the nature of the demand. The suit-was upon a note executed by John G-illiland and M. A. Grilliland as principals, and appellant Hunt as indorser. John Grilliland being dead at the institution of the suit was not made á party, and his name was not mentioned in the citation. Held, the statute requires that the citation shall state “the date of the filing of the plaintiff’s petition, the file number…