Case Name: TORRENT ET AL. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Muskegon)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1891-10-29
Citations: 1 McGrath 15
Docket Number: No. 12300
Parties: TORRENT ET AL. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Muskegon),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 15–15

Head Matter:
TORRENT ET AL. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Muskegon),
No. 12300.

Opinion:
To compel respondent to grant a motion to quash service.
Denied October 29, 1891, with costs.
Trover was commenced against relators and one Hancock. Hancock was sheriff and Collins was a deputy sheriff under him. Before service plaintiff' discontinued as to Hancock, and one Nelson, a deputy under Hancock, served process upon relators. Eelators contended that the discontinuance followed the service upon them; that the sheriff was at that time a party to the suit, and that Act No. 30, Laws of 1887, does not apply, where the sheriff is a party to the suit.