Valley City Desk Co. v. Kent Circuit Judge
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by the Valley City Desk Company to compel Alfred Wolcott, circuit judge of Kent county, to set aside a default and judgment.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
Petition for an order to show cause why a default (and judgment based thereon) entered against the relator should not be set aside.
The Travelers’ Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn., began suit by summons in the circuit court for the county of Kent against Hayden, Appleyard, Davidson, and Johnson. The original summons, or an alias summons, was personally served upon each of the defendants. Declaration was filed in that case on March 23, 1904. All of the defendants in that case were defaulted for not pleading. March 11, 1904, the same plaintiff, by its attorney, Henry T. Heald, filed an…
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