Weaver v. Rix
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Tan Burén; Buck, J. William Weaver commenced suit in justice’s court against George H: Rix by writ of summons. Plaintiff had judgment, and defendant removed the cause by certiorari to the circuit court, where the judgment was affirmed. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This is a writ of error to review a decision of the circuit court affirming a decision of a justice of the peace holding that he had jurisdiction of the parties. The facts, as they appear in the return of the justice, are that plaintiff, at the time of the commencement of the suit in justice’s court, was a resident of Eau Claire township, in the county of Berrien. The defendant was a resident of the township of Antwerp, in the county of Van Burén. A summons was sued out before a justice of the peace of the township of Keeler, in Van Burén county. The defendant moved to dismiss, for the reason…
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