Tompkins v. Lang

Mr. Presiding Justice Creighton

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was a bill in chancery filed by appellant in the Wayne Circuit Court, and in substance as follows: Appellee M. Lang, on the 17th day of April, 1891, commenced suit against appellant before one Claud O. Ellis, a justice of the peace; on the 22d day of April, 1891, judgment was rendered by said justice on default against appellant for §157.75; execution was first issued on the 24th day of December, 1895, by one A. M. Elliott, a justice of the peace; a transcript, certified by said Elliott, as such justice, was filed in the…