Legal Opinion

Peterson v. Swenningston

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided December 20, 1913No. Docket No. 128PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Error to Muskegon; Sullivan, J. Attachment by Fred Peterson against Lawrence G. Swenningston. Defendant and Almon B. Lee, an intervening petitioner, bring error from an order denying their several motions to quash the writ and vacate a sale under the writ.

1Opinion of the CourtSteere, C. J.

This contention involves an attack by motion upon the validity of a judgment rendered in an action begun by attachment against defendant Swenningston. wherein substituted service was had by publication. The abundant reasons for plaintiff suing out the writ and not making personal service upon -defendant arose from defendant absconding the county and country for parts unknown shortly before his presence was required at the September, 1910, term of the circuit court of Muskegon county to answer to an information there filed against him charging an act of gross indecency, thereby forfeiting his…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bliss v. TylerMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
  2. Gott v. HoschnaMichigan Supreme Court · 1885

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Stratford Arms Hotel Co. v. General Casualty & Surety Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1930
  2. Chase v. Washtenaw Circuit JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Sidebottom v. Calhoun Circuit JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1918

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