Chapman v. Detroit Metropolitan Corp.

The principal defendant in three garnishment suits moved the circuit court to dismiss the writs for noncompliance with a statutory requirement and, upon denial of the motion, reviews by appeal in the nature of certiorari.

Affidavits for the writs averred that the principal defendant' was indebted to plaintiffs in sums not exceeding stated amounts. The statute," 3- Comp. Laws.; 1929,. § 14857, requires the affidavit.", for writ of garnishment to state that the principal defendant is indebted to plaintiff “in a given amount.”

The point is made that the affidavits did not state given amounts.…