Legal Opinion

Drake v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided March 2, 1888PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Error to St. Joseph. (Pealer, J.) Assumpsit. Plaintiff brings error. The facts are stated in the. opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.

The plaintiff commenced proceedings in justice’s court by garnishee in attachment for the sum of $7.16, ■claimed to be due him from one S. J. Coder, an employé of the defendant railroad company.

No personal service of the attachment writ was had upon the principal defendant, and no goods or chattels were' seized by virtue of it. There was no appearance by or for the defendant in the principal suit.

The attachment was procured upon affidavit that the principal defendant was not a resident of this State.

A copy of the attachment was left with the agent of the railroad company at Constantine,…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Tingley v. BatemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1813
  2. Burlington & Missouri River Railroad v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1884
  3. Pierce v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
  4. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. DooleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
  5. Wright v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadNebraska Supreme Court · 1886

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Morris Plan Ind. Bank of N.Y. v. GunningNew York Court of Appeals · 1946
  2. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. SharittSupreme Court of Kansas · 1890
  3. Anderson v. CanadaySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
  4. Bingenheimer Mercantile Co. v. WeberNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1922
  5. Wabash Railroad v. DouganIllinois Supreme Court · 1892

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