Reaugh v. McConnel

Illinois Supreme Court
Reaugh v. McConnel, 36 Ill. 373 (Ill. 1865)
Breese

Reaugh v. McConnel

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Breese

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The plaintiff in error was in court by force of the proceedings on the first writ of error, sued out and prosecuted by himself. The judgment against him was reversed, and the cause remanded to the Circuit Court, consequently, no additional notice by the clerk of the pendency of the suit was necessary, and if the clerk, of his own mere motion, gave such notice, or caused one to be published, and that, too, imperfect and defective, it cannot and should riot prejudice the defendants in error. The plaintiff in error was properly in court on the remand of the cause. Ho matter, then, how imperfect' the second notice may have been, as it was supererogatory arid superfluous..

We are not satisfied the question here could properly be raised by motion. The eases referred to are not like this. It is so difficult to know the true names of persons from their manner of spelling them, especially those of foreign birth, as this plaintiff, from his name, would seem to be, that a party ought to have the opportunity of showing the person was known by the name by which he is sued, or that, spelled as it may be, it was pronounced in a certain way, and for this purpose, the party making the objection should plead in abatement. The judgment must be affirmed.

Judgment affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
William H. Reaugh v. Murray McConnel, and George M. McConnel
Cited By
1 case
Status
Published
Syllabus
1. Notice of attachment — one sufficient. Notice of the pendency of an attachment suit once made by publication, renders another notice by publication unnecessary on the remand of the cause from this court, for another trial. The defendant prosecuting a writ of error to this court, and succeeding here, is in court -to which the cause is remanded. 2. Variance in name—error to dismiss far. It is error to dismiss a suit by attachment for a supposed variance between the name by which the party is sued, and the name in the notice by publication. 3. The proper course is to plead in abatement.