Elliotte v. Lavier

Margaret Elliotte was injured by the negligence of an employee of Lavier & Gale, copartners, and principal defendants herein. Her husband sued in Detroit common pleas court and recovered judgment for loss of her services. She sued in Wayne circuit court for $12,000 for personal inr juries. The same process server in his returns stated that he served summonses in each case on the same day, September 26, 1939, by delivering copies thereof to Thomas H. Lavier, one of the copartners and principal defendants. No service was ever made on Harvey Gale, the other copartner and principal defendant, but…