Case Name: Chester Hitchcock et al., plaintiffs in error, v. Daniel S. Haight, defendant in error
Court: Illinois Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1845-12
Citations: 2 Gilm. 603
Docket Number: 
Parties: Chester Hitchcock et al., plaintiffs in error, v. Daniel S. Haight, defendant in error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 603–603

Head Matter:
Chester Hitchcock et al., plaintiffs in error, v. Daniel S. Haight, defendant in error.
Error to Winnebago.
A scire facias was served two days after the return day: Held, that it amounted to nothing, the writ having lost its vitality.
In this case, a motion was made by the counsel for the plaintiffs, for a rule on the defendant to join in error. The motion was denied.
J. Marsh, for the plaintiffs in error.
O. Peters, for the defendant in error.

Opinion:
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Treat, J.
The plaintiffs in error ask for a rule on the defendant to join in error. The scire facias was served on the defendant two days after the return day. The service amounts to nothing. The writ had lost its vitality. Its.force was spent. The defendant is not before us.
The motion is denied.
Motion denied.