Case Name: LYON vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Clinton)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1887-07-07
Citations: 1 McGrath 782
Docket Number: 
Parties: LYON vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Clinton),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 782–782

Head Matter:
LYON vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Clinton),
66 M., 676.

Opinion:
To vacate an order setting aside an execution returned as satisfied.
Granted July 7, 1887.
Held, that where a sheriff has made a set-off of executions under the statute and returned the larger one as satisfied, it is not competent for the Circuit Court on motion to set aside the return, and grant a second execution- on the judgment. The refusal of the circuit judge • to compel the sheriff to make á set-off of executions under How. Stat., Sec. 7709, is- not reviewable on mandamus. Wells vs. Circuit Judge, 39 M., 21 (482), but such refusal will not bar the right to proceed in equity for the same relief. Wells vs. Elsam, 40 M., 218. It is contrary to all right to finally determine legal claims on motion and affidavits. Parker vs. Circuit Judge, 24 M., 408 (759); Brown vs. Thompson, 29 M., 71.