Case Name: REED vs. COOTS (Sheriff)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1880-04-21
Citations: 1 McGrath 1596
Docket Number: 
Parties: REED vs. COOTS (Sheriff),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1596–1600

Head Matter:
REED vs. COOTS (Sheriff),
43 M., 321.

Opinion:
To compel the sheriff to set off against each other certain executions in suits between one Baker and relator, where Baker's attorney had served notice upon respondent of a claim of lien on. the judgment in favor of Baker exceeding it in amount.
Denied April 21, 1880.
Held, that tbe sheriff has no judicial power to fix the amount of an attorney's lien upon a judgment.