Case Name: REID, MURDOCK & CO. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Benzie)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1897
Citations: 1 McGrath 1712
Docket Number: 
Parties: REID, MURDOCK & CO. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Benzie),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1712–1712

Head Matter:
REID, MURDOCK & CO. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Benzie),
4 D. L. N., 899.

Opinion:
To vacate a common order defaulting plaintiff for not filing declaration in a case commenced by capias.
Gi'anted, on the ground that the default was prematurely entered; that plaintiffs were entitled to file their declaration at any time before the end of the next term after the return of the writ; that the proceedings in such case are governed by statute (2 Iiow. 7312) and not by rule.