Smith v. Smith

An action was begun by complainant against defendants, under the statute providing for summary proceedings to obtain possession of lands, before a circuit court commissioner of Montcalm county, wherein defendants were charged with unlawfully holding over said premises after the time for which they were demised or let to them. Defendants pleaded the general issue. The case was tried before the commissioner and complainant appealed to the circuit court. It was heard before the court without a jury, Hon. Peter E. Dodds, circuit judge of the twenty-first circuit, presiding. Upon the facts and…