Legal Opinion
Whitman v. Branstrom
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 18, 1918No. Docket No. 51PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Case-made from Muskegon; Vanderwerp, J. Case by Willis E. Whitman against William J. Branstrom and others for false imprisonment. Judgment for defendants on a directed verdict. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
This is an action on the case brought against the defendants- for alleged false imprisonment of the plaintiff by the defendants, under and by virtue of an instrument called an “attachment,” claimed by the plaintiff to be void on its face. Said instrument was in the words and figures following:
“State of Michigan — In the Circuit Court for the
County of Newaygo, In Chancery.
“In the name of the People of the State of Michigán, To the Sheriff of said County:
“Whereas, it satisfactorily appears to me by petition of Elizabeth Whitman, filed in a certain cause in *459said court, in which Elizabeth Whitman…
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3Cited by1 opinion
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