Sheridan v. Colton

This action was brought in justice’s court under Act No. 229, Pub. Acts 1887. The attachment was issued April 6, 1895, by the justice, whose office was in Montmorency county, and directed the officer to seize .about 14,000 pieces of cedar ties, paving, and posts banked on Gilchrist creek. The writ further directed the officer to summon Benjamin Colton to be and appear before the justice on April 17th at 4 p. m., to answer the plaintiff, etc.; and, further, that in case the defendant in the writ was not the owner of the cedar posts, etc., he was to serve the writ upon the owner, his agent or…