Atkins v. Borstler

Plaintiff'who resides in Mecosta county, •sued defendants, who reside in another State, on contract, the suit being brought in Kent county and service made there. Defendants pleaded in abatement showing their non-residence and that of plaintiff, and claiming that under our statutes they could only be sued in Mecosta. On demurrer this plea was sustained, and plaintiff brings error.

It was held in Haywood v. Johnson 41 Mich. 598, that a. resident of the State could not be sued in a transitory action in a county where neither party resided. It was held in Turrill v. Walker 4 Mich. 177, that the…