Legal Opinion

Montgomery v. Merrill

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided April 4, 1877PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Error to Calhoun Circuit. The proof of service was amendable after judgment by showing the necessary facts, even without notice: Crawford v. Howard, 30 Me., 423; State v. Clark, 18 Mo., 432; Blaisdell v. Steamboat, 19 Mo., 157; Hitcher v. Beinsky, 42 Mo., 427; ' Webster v. Blount, 39 Id., 500; Whittier v. Vaughn, 27 Me., 301; Foster v. Woodfm, 65 N. C., 29; Mayo v. Whitston, 2 Jones (N. C.~), 231; Jackson v. O. & M. B. B. Co., 15 Ind., 192; Jones v. Lewis, 8 Ind., 7O';…

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Error to Calhoun Circuit. The proof of service was amendable after judgment by showing the necessary facts, even without notice: Crawford v. Howard, 30 Me., 423; State v. Clark, 18 Mo., 432; Blaisdell v. Steamboat, 19 Mo., 157; Hitcher v. Beinsky, 42 Mo., 427; ' Webster v. Blount, 39 Id., 500; Whittier v. Vaughn, 27 Me., 301; Foster v. Woodfm, 65 N. C., 29; Mayo v. Whitston, 2 Jones (N. C.~), 231; Jackson v. O. & M. B. B. Co., 15 Ind., 192; Jones v. Lewis, 8 Ind., 7O'; Montgomery v. Brown, 7 111., 581; Hall v. Williams, 10 Me., 278; Close v. Gillespie, 3 Johns., 526; KirJcwood v. Beidy, 10…

1Opinion of the Court

Cooley, Ch. J:

This case has twice before been in this court: Montgomery v. Merrill, 18 Mich., 338; Merrill v. Montgomery, 25 Mich., 73. It is an action of ejectment brought for lands which the plaintiff claims under an execution sale on a judgment against the Calhoun County Bank. The defendant is in possession, and though the nature of her claim is not disclosed by this record, it appeared when the case was before us in the first instance that she claimed under proceedings against the bank ante-dating the plaintiff’s judgment. The only questions which the present record brings up are: First,…

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