Burt v. Circuit Judges
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus. Relator applied for mandamus to compel respondents to set aside his default entered for want of a replication to a notice of matter of defense filed under Circuit 'Court Rule No. 106. The facts are stated in the ■opinion.
1Per curiam
On March 16, 1886, the relator commenced a suit by capias against William B. Hayes in the superior court of Detroit. Hayes was held to hail by an order of the court, and upon his arrest gave bail *521to the sheriff, as required by the order. He subsequently appeared in the case by attorney, and pleaded the general issue. The action was for assault and battery. The •cause was tried in the superior court before Judge Chip-man and a jury, and a verdict rendered in favor of the relator for $500. On motion of the plaintiff this verdict was set aside in the superior court. At the time the ■superior…
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