People ex rel. Parsons v. Circuit Judge

It appears in this case that the relator obtained a judgment against Mark Flanigan and Edward Chope April 21, 1866, on a return of process personally served; that he took out execution August 1, 1873, an alias April 24, 1876, and a pluries May 27, 1876, and that the pluries writ was set aside by the circuit court on an affidavit of Chope showing that it was issued more than ten years from the entry of judgment, and affirming that he was never served with process. Mandamus is applied for to compel the circuit court to vacate the order setting aside this writ.

The ground principally relied upon…