Laffrey v. Wayne Circuit Judge

On the 2d day of June, 1922, the defendant, acting as circuit judge in the Wayne circuit court, entered a decree dismissing plaintiffs’ bill in a suit against Henry W. Campbell and Katherine H. Campbell. Within 20 days after the date of the decree the plaintiffs filed a claim of appeal with the clerk and paid the statutory fee. Nothing was done by way of obtaining an extension of time in which to make and prepare their case on appeal, until the 21st day of August, when they procured a certificate from the stenographer and secured an extension of time to August 22, 1922. At the same time they…