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26 Ill. 84

Underhill v. Kirkpatrick

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1861

Illinois Supreme Court · decided 1861-04-15

This was an action of assumpsit brought in Peoria Circuit Court to March term, A. D. 1860. . Summons issued to sheriff of Peoria county. Return on summons : STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) PEORIA COUNTY. ) SS' I have duly served this summons by reading the same to Isaac Underhill, this 15th day of February, A. D. 1860. JOHN BRYNER, Sheriff Per Easly, Deputy. Declaration avers, that payee, Wm.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently February 1899

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Decided 1861-04-15

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Caton, C. J.

¶1If the defendant was properly in court, then the default was properly taken, and the defendant is precluded from raising the question' whether the paper was properly indorsed, for that was admitted by the default.

¶2We have no doubt the service was sufficient; the summons was to “Isaac Underhill,” without any addition or description, and the service was upon “ Isaac Underhill.” The officer did precisely what he was commanded to do. He was notbound to say in his return, that he served it upon the same Isaac Underhill who signed the note sued on, for of that he probably knew nothing. It is not like the case where a summons is to a corporation, and the law requires the sheriff to serve it on an officer of the corporation. There he is bound to state in his return that the person on whom he made the service was such officer. But when the summons is to an individual by name, it is sufficient if the return shows that the service was on such individual.

¶3The damages assessed were not too high.

¶4The judgment is affirmed.

¶5Judgment affirmed.

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