Michels v. Stork
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to the Superior Court of Detroit. (Chipman J.) Trover. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
The only question important to the decision of this case is, whether an officer’s return of service of process is conclusive upon the parties to the suit in which the process issued, when brought in question in some collateral suit or proceeding.
Michels, it appears, on August 10,1874, procured an attachment from a justice of the peace against the chattels of Stork, and put it into the hands of Constable John Gnau for service. The constable made return that by virtue of the writ he did, on the 10th day of August, 1874, seize the goods and chattels of the defendant mentioned in the inventory…
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