JUDGE BURKE delivered the opinion of the court.
A default judgment was entered by the Circuit Court of Cook County for $2,910. In the judgment order there was a finding that malice was the gist of the action. By authority of a writ of capias ad satisfaciendum the defendant was seized and imprisoned in the common jail of Lake County. Subsequently a petition to quash the writ and release the defendant was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County. He appealed...
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