Thomson v. Kent Circuit Judge

Plaintiff here brought an action at law in the Kent circuit court against Oscar B. Wilmarth and Joseph Noorthoek, residents of Kent county, and Joseph J. Jacobson, Hiram E, Moone and Abram W. Sempliner, residents of Wayne county. The action was for fraud and deceit in the sale of stock and bonds of the National Hardwood Company. Jacobson and Moone appeared and pleaded. Defendant Sempliner moved to dismiss. With his motion he filed an affidavit sworn to by himself; no counter-affidavit was filed. He insisted that the service was defective as to him; that his connection with the company was…