Willamette Falls Transportation & Milling Co. v. Riley

Biley sued the “ Falls Company ” for work and labor done upon their buildings, and obtained a judgment by default, in the District Court, for the sum of $779 30, and a lien therefor on said buildings.

Among various other objections made to the proceedings of the court below, it is contended, in the first place, that the notice in the summons is insufficient to entitle Biley to the judgment in this case. Section 27, page 68, of the Statutes of Oregon, is as follows: “ There also shall be inserted in the summons a notice, in substance as follows: In an action arising on contract, for-money, or…