Soukup v. Van Dyke
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Kent; Adsit, J. Joseph Soukup recovered a judgment against Adrian Van Dyke before a justice of the peace of the township of Grand Rapids, in an action on the case. Both parties were residents of the city of Grand Rapids. A body execution was issued on said judgment, and, in default of goods and chattels, the body of the defendant was taken thereon.
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Certiorari to Kent; Adsit, J. Joseph Soukup recovered a judgment against Adrian Van Dyke before a justice of the peace of the township of Grand Rapids, in an action on the case. Both parties were residents of the city of Grand Rapids. A body execution was issued on said judgment, and, in default of goods and chattels, the body of the defendant was taken thereon. Defendant thereupon sued out a writ of habeas corpus, contending that the justice was without jurisdiction, under Act No. 274, Local Acts 1895; and, upon the hearing, the court entered an order declaring the proceedings void, and…
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
Act No. 306 of the Local Acts of 1893 was entitled “An act relative to justices’ courts in the city of Grand Rapids, to reduce the number thereof, *680and to fix the compensation of such justices, and provide a clerk and offices therefor.” This act, in addition to the provision reducing the number of justices, and fixing their compensation and providing a clerk, contained provisions regulating fees to be paid by suitors, and relating to transfer of causes for trial from one justice to another. Act No. 274, Local Acts 1895, is entitled “An act to amend an act entitled, ‘An act relative to…
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