Illinois Trust & Savings Bank v. Town of Roscoe

On December 1, 1899, the circuit court of Edmunds county, on default, made and signed the following instrument, omitting the names of parties and venue:

“Judgment.

“The above entitled action having come on for hearing at chambers.in the town of Ipswich, in the county of Edmunds, and state of South Dakota, on the 1st day of December, A. D. 1899, the plaintiff appearing by its attorney, C. H. Barron, and no one appearing for the defendant, and it appearing from the summons and complaint herein that more than thirty days have elapsed since the service of said summons and complaint, and no one…