Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western Railroad v. Eaton Circuit Judge

On November 25, 1899, one Tucker recovered a small judgment against the relator before a justice of the peace. An appeal duly taken was subsequently dismissed under a local rule of long standing, which is as follows:

“Rule 2. If any cause now or hereafter brought into this court by appeal under the act entitled ‘An act to amend chapter 93 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, entitled “Of Courts Held by Justices of the Peace,”’approved *497February 13, 1855, shall, after the entry fee shall be paid, remain at any time for three successive terms subsequent to the time of the adoption of this rule…