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Clarence Hodson Co. v. Wills Sainte Claire

Supreme Court of Michigan
Oct 7, 1929
226 N.W. 817 (Mich. 1929)

Opinion

Docket No. 107, Calendar No. 34,389.

Submitted June 20, 1929.

Decided October 7, 1929. Rehearing denied January 24, 1930.

Error to Wayne; Marschner (Adolph F.), J. Submitted June 20, 1929. (Docket No. 107, Calendar No. 34,389.) Decided October 7, 1929. Rehearing denied January 24, 1930.

Garnishment proceedings by Clarence Hodson Company, Incorporated, against Frank J. Durling, principal defendant, and Wills Sainte Claire, Incorporated, garnishee defendant. From judgment for plaintiff on the statutory issue, garnishee defendant brings error. Affirmed.

John McNeil Burns ( Allan M. Thompson, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Stevenson, Butzel, Eaman Long ( Leo W. Kuhn, of counsel), for garnishee defendant.


Affidavit for writ of garnishment was made August 11th and filed August 12th. Writ of garnishment was issued under date of August 11th, but it recited that the affidavit had been filed in the office of the clerk of court. The affidavit and writ bear corresponding erasures and corrections which indicate simultaneous action upon them. The writ was served August 12th. Garnishee defendant filed disclosure admitting debt to the principal defendant. On trial of the statutory issue before the court without a jury, garnishee defendant challenged the jurisdiction on the ground that the writ had been issued before the affidavit was filed. No testimony was taken.

We think the face of the papers themselves shows that the date in the writ was merely a clerical error which could be corrected by amendment or disregarded. Wellover v. Soule, 30 Mich. 481; Millard v. Lenawee Circuit Judge, 107 Mich. 134; 28 C. J. p. 224.

Judgment for plaintiff is affirmed.

NORTH, C.J., and WIEST, CLARK, McDONALD, POTTER, and SHARPE, JJ., concurred. The late Justice FELLOWS took no part in this decision.


Summaries of

Clarence Hodson Co. v. Wills Sainte Claire

Supreme Court of Michigan
Oct 7, 1929
226 N.W. 817 (Mich. 1929)
Case details for

Clarence Hodson Co. v. Wills Sainte Claire

Case Details

Full title:CLARENCE HODSON CO. v. WILLS SAINTE CLAIRE

Court:Supreme Court of Michigan

Date published: Oct 7, 1929

Citations

226 N.W. 817 (Mich. 1929)
226 N.W. 817

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