Legal Opinion
Gibbs v. Johnson
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided November 17, 1886PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Error to Delta. (Grant, J.) Debt on attachment bond. Defendants bring error. Tbe facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
The plaintiff commenced an attachment suit in Delta county against the defendant Johnson, who was a non-resident of this State. The writ was executed by the seizure of a vessel belonging to him.
The bond sued upon in this suit was given by Johnson as principal, and the other defendants as sureties, to release the *672vessel from the possession of the officer seizing it under such writ.
The defendant Eoyce filed an affidavit with his plea, denying under oath the execution of the bond upon his part, but upon the trial it was admitted that all the defendants signed the bond.
The defense to the bond was—
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brown v. Judge of ProbateMichigan Supreme Court · 1880
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