World's Columbian Exposition v. Scala
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Assumpsit. In the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. George F. Blanks, Judge, presiding; motion to amend sheriff’s return; allowed; error by defendant. Heard in this court at the October term, 1894, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gary
At the August term, 1893, of the Superior Court, the defendant in error obtained a judgment by default against the plaintiff in error. The return of the sheriff upon the summons was that it was served “ by delivering a copy thereof to George E. Davis, Director General of said Exposition ” etc., at the September term, 1894. On notice to the plaintiff in error the sheriff made a new return upon the summons which was the same as the first return, with the words “and an agent of said World’s Columbian Exposition ” added to what is first herein copied.
When that amendment was made, this writ of…
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