Case Name: C. M. Wakefield v. George W. Pennington
Court: Illinois Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1881-10-06
Citations: 9 Ill. App. 374
Docket Number: 
Parties: C. M. Wakefield v. George W. Pennington.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Appellate Court Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 374–374

Head Matter:
C. M. Wakefield v. George W. Pennington.
Practice — Failure to pile declaration. — Where the record shows that no declaration was filed in the cause, the judgment is erroneous and must he reversed.
Error to the Circuit Court of Jasper county; the Hon. John H. Halley, Judge, presiding.
Opinion filed October 6, 1881.
Mr. John H. Halley, for plaintiff in error;
cited Practice Act, § 48.

Opinion:
Wall, J.
Defendant in error brought an action of assumpsit against plaintiff in error. The summons was duly served, and at the return term a default was entered and damages assessed at $324.44. The record fails to show that a declaration was ever filed in the case — rather, it shows that there was none —nor has a diminution been suggested or any reason for supposing that there was a declaration and that it has been misplaced. The judgment must therefore be reversed, and the cause remanded.
Eeversed and remanded.