Case Name: RUGGLES v. MUSKEGON CIRCUIT JUDGE
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1900-06-18
Citations: 124 Mich. 472
Docket Number: 
Parties: RUGGLES v. MUSKEGON CIRCUIT JUDGE.
Judges: The other Justices concurred.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 124
Pages: 472–473

Head Matter:
RUGGLES v. MUSKEGON CIRCUIT JUDGE.
Logging Lien — attachment—Appraisal—Motion to Quash.
1. In attachment proceedings to enforce a lien under sections 10756-10770, 3 Comp. Laws 1897, an appraisal of the lumber attached is not necessary.
2. The question whether a lien is void because plaintiffs included in their statement more than was due cannot be tried upon ex parte affidavits in a motion to quash the proceedings.
Mandamus by Fred H. Ruggles and others to compel Fred J. Russell, circuit judge of Muskegon county, to vacate an order quashing certain log-lien proceedings.
Submitted June 12, 1900.
Writ granted June 18, 1900.
Relators, copartners, filed a claim of lien under Act No. 229, Pub. Acts 1887 (3 Comp. Laws 1897, §§ 10756-10770), upon certain lumber and railroad ties, which they allege they manufactured for Walter Snow and William S. Clark under a contract which is attached to the return. An attachment was issued under section 10760 for the enforcement of the lien. On motion of the defendants, the attachment proceedings were quashed.
Martin Rozema, for relators.
Rufus F. Sheets, for respondent.
Head-notes by Grant, J.

Opinion:
Grant, J.
(after stating the facts). We think the statement of lien is a full compliance with the statute. Two points only need be noticed:
No appraisal was necessary, under Federspiel v. Johnstone, 87 Mich. 303 (49 N. W. 581).
The question whether the lien proceedings are void because relators included in their statement more than was due cannot be tried upon ex parte affidavits. That question can only be disposed of upon the hearing. S. K. Martin Lumber Co. v. Menominee Circuit Judge, 116 Mich. 354 (74 N. W. 649).
Writ will issue.
The other Justices concurred.