Court Opinion

ID: 3493046
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-05 22:01:14.166969+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:14:51.050687
License: Public Domain

Edwin L. Stecker and Florence N. Stecker brought proceedings under 3 Comp. Laws 1929, § 14975 et seq., before Henry G. Nicol, a circuit court commissioner in the county of Wayne, to recover possession of certain premises sold to the plaintiff, Esther Singer, and her husband, Julius Singer, under a land contract. Upon the hearing the defendant Esther Singer appeared specially and moved for a dismissal as to her because the notice of forfeiture had not been served on her personally. It had been sent by registered letter, which had been receipted for by her husband. Judgment of restitution passed to the Steckers. Esther Singer thereupon filed a petition in the circuit court for a writ of certiorari to review the judgment entered as to her, and the writ was allowed by Judge Campbell.
It next appears that the commissioner, Henry G. Nicol, appeared specially before Judge Chenot, and *Page 223 
moved to dismiss the writ for the reason that no bond had been filed, as required by section 14991.
On December 2, 1932, Judge Chenot signed an order reading as follows:
"On this date plaintiff's motion for certiorari came on to be heard and was argued by counsel, and it appearing to the court that no bond had been filed by the plaintiff as is required by statute; it is hereby ordered that the motion for certiorari be denied and is hereby denied."
Treating this as an order dismissing the writ of certiorari granted by Judge Campbell, Esther Singer, assuming to act as plaintiff and appellant and making the commissioner defendant and appellee, has taken this appeal.
When the writ was served on the commissioner, it was his duty to make and file a return thereto. Had he done so, the plaintiffs might then have questioned the legality of its issue. His action in securing the order made by Judge Chenot has resulted in Esther Singer's making him a defendant in this appeal. The plaintiffs in the proceeding before the commissioner are the only persons interested in upholding the judgment. On the record here presented, the questions raised on the appeal may not be considered, and it will be dismissed. No costs will be allowed.
McDONALD, C.J., and CLARK, POTTER, NORTH, FEAD, WIEST, and BUTZEL, JJ., concurred. *Page 224