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10 Ill. 268

Smith v. Irwin

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1848

Illinois Supreme Court · decided 1848-12-15

This was a suit originally commenced by Irwin against Smith, and heard before a justice of the peace of Madison County, when a judgment was rendered in favor of Smith. Irwin appealed to the Circuit Court, and a summons was issued to the appellee to appear, &c. which was returned “not found.” An alias was issued returnable to the next term of the Circuit Court, upon which the sheriff made a - similar return. At the said term, (March term, 1847,) the lion.

Decided 1848-12-15

¶1The Opinion of the Court was delivered by

Treat, C. J.

¶2This judgment must be reversed. The Court had no jurisdiction over the person of the plaintiff in error. The former provision of the statute, authorizing the trial of an appeal case at the second term after the taking of the appeal, whether the appellee be summoned or not, was not incorporated into the Revised Statutes; and .as the law now stands, there cannot be a trial of an appeal case until the appellee is before the Court by the service of process or the entry of an appearance. The 64th section of 59th chap. Rev. Stat. does not embrace the case of an ordinary appeal, but only applies to cases in which the appeal is prosecuted by one of several parties to a judgment, where, as to the parties not joining in the appeal, the cause may be ¡ heard at the second term. The former provision, no doubt inadvertently left out of the revision, was a salutary one in practice, and may with much propriety be re-enacted by the Legislature.

¶3The judgment of the Circuit Court is reversed with costs, and the cause is remanded for further proceedings.

¶4Judgment reversed.

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