Porter v. Wayne Circuit Judge

The issues in this suit grew out of the following facts: Victoria O. Ridge lives in the State of New York. She owned some real estate in Wayne county. Allen Porter and Hazel Porter agreed to purchase this real estate for the sum of $1,900 and made a down payment of $500.

Because of a claimed defect in the title, Porter and wife asked for a return of the down payment. Upon refusal, plaintiff Allen Porter, on December 5, 1941, filed an affidavit for writ of attachment. On the same day,, the writ of attachment was issued out of and under the seal of the circuit court of Wayne county. It was…