South Bend Chilled Plow Co. v. Manahan

A judgment in this ease was taken by the-plaintiff upon default of defendants.

The declaration was filed in the Hillsdale circuit court,. June 20, 1885, and the rule to plead entered upon the same-day. The only service upon defendants was made by George-A. Knickerbocker, attorney for the plaintiff. The service-was made by handing to each of them, on the nineteenth-day of June, 1885, a copy of the declaration, with notice of" the rule to plead indorsed thereon in the usual manner. No-default absolute was entered.

The service being before suit was commenced, the judgment is void, and must be…