Chicago & Pacific Railroad v. Kæhler

Citations

• 79 Ill. 354

Syllabus

<p>Service of process on railroad company. The return on a summons was, “ Served the within named railroad company, by reading the same and delivering a copy thereof to I. G. Ogden, Jr., cashier of said railroad company, this 24th day of March, 1875; the president of said company could not be found in my county, this 5th April, 1875: ” Held, that the last date is evidently the date of the return of the writ, and that the return shows that, on the 24tli of March, the day the writ was served, the president could not be found. The service and return of the summons were sufficient, and in strict conformity to the statute.</p>