Grabowski v. Lapeer Circuit Judge

The petition for mandamus alleges: That plaintiff brought suit before a justice of the peace in Lapeer county against John Torz and Mary Torz, and on trial thereof, without a jury, a judgment was rendered in favor of the defendants on June 25,1929. That on the same day petitioner filed with the justice an affidavit and bond for appeal, and paid the justice the sum of $10 for costs and $4 for making return thereto. That the return on appeal was filed by the justice on August 5,1929, and within five days thereafter a notice thereof was served upon the attorney for the defendants in that case.…