Lyell v. Goodwin
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Michigan
[This was an action by James L. L.vell against Daniel Goodwin for trespass on the ease. The defendant moved to. set aside the writ of summons.]
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINS, District Judge.
A writ of summons having been issued out of this court, and served upon the defendant, the present motion is made by the defendant “That the writ, and the service thereof, and all proceedings thereon, be set aside, quashed and vacated.” The defendant sets forth in his affidavit upon which this motion is founded, the following facts, which are not contested: “That he is now, and for some time has been, one of the justices of the supreme court of this state. That a regular term of said court was. under the provisions of the laws of the state, commenced and held at the…
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