Genius v. Rayfield

Mr. Presiding Justice Ball delivered the opinion of the court. This was an appeal hy the defendant helow to the Circuit Court from a judgment entered hy a justice of the peace. In the Circuit Court the plaintiff helow placed the case on the Short Cause Calendar. The defendant moved the court to strike the case off that calendar for want of sufficient notice. R S. Hurd, 1903, section 95, chapter, 110, p. 1414. The motion was overruled. The defendant excepted to this ruling; and, failing to prosecute his appeal, the court dismissed the appeal and entered judgment against him for costs. He brings the case to this court. The notice to the defendant, here appellant, that the case would he placed on the Short Cause Calendar for trial was served - by registered letter only. The registry return receipts were signed in the name of appellant, but there is no evidence that they were or either of them was his signature. We are committed to the doctrine that a notice served hy sending a copy of the Short Cause Calendar, affidavit and notice hy registered mail is not in compliance with the statute; that where notice is required and the mode of service is not specified, the law demands that it shall he personal. O’Brien v. Lynch, 90 Ill. App., 26. It follows that the judgment of the Circuit Court must be and it is reversed and the cause is remanded. Reversed and remanded.