Stearns v. Taylor

The plaintiffs in error caused an attachment to issue in tbeir favor out of the circuit court for the county of Manistee against the defendants in error, and returnable in April, 1872, and tested the preceding November.

The writ seems to bave been returned in December, 1871, and the only evidence of service consisted of a certificate by the deputy of the sheriff of the county of Manistee, in these terms:

“ State oe Michigan, Manistee County, ss :

“I do hereby return that by virtue of tbe annexed writ of attachment, I bave this 20th. day of November, A. D. 1871, attached the several parcels of…