Butterfield v. Johnson

This was a bill- in chancery brought by Johnson against Bird, Clark, Brown and Butterfield, to correct a note in which the word' “dollars” had been omitted. In the bill the Christian name of Butterfield is spelled sometimes “Sylvius,” and sometimes “Sylvanus.” In the prayer for process it is spelled Sylvius. The summons was against Sylvanus H. Butterfield, but by leave of the court it was amended, after its return, so as to read Sylvius. The sheriff returned, served by reading and delivering a copy to S. H. Butterfield, and after reciting the service on Clark, adds, “the rest of the…