Soper v. Hawkins

This case was an action of replevin, the property consisting of two cows. The plaintiff was assignee of a mortgage given upon the property by Hawkins, who claimed the mortgage was void because not signed by his wife, he being a householder having a family, and the cows being all he had. The cause was brought in justice’s court, when, upon the trial, the defendant had judgment for a return of the property and for costs. From this judgment the plaintiff appealed to the Newaygo circuit, wherein, after the cause had been several times noticed for trial by the defendant, the plaintiff entered an…