Vicborn v. Pollock
Vicborn v. Pollock
Opinion of the Court
One Burgette L. Dewey recovered a judgment against one H. P. Yicbórn in justice’s court for $26.65. Vicborn was a married man. He was about to leave Dowagiac, where he lived, to move to another part of the State. His goods were packed in a car ready for shipment by rail. The constable to whom the writ of
In the suit of Dewey v. Vicborn, the defendant was named H. P. Vicborn. There was no appearance by him. It nowhere appeared upon the record that he was known by any other name. The court excluded the record of that suit, and the execution and levy thereunder, as void, because the Christian name of defendant was not given. In this the court was in error. The judgment was valid under Hinkle v. Collins, 113 Mich. 105 (71 N. W. 481), and Stever v. Brown, 119 Mich. 196 (77 N. W. 704), and authorities there cited, and cannot be collaterally attacked. But this erroneous ruling was without prejudice, because the judge expressly charged the jury that plaintiff could recover only such things as she had proven to bé her property.
Whether plaintiff was responsible for taking goods not described in the writ does not appear. They were taken by the officer, who, by her direction, employed a drayman to convey them to the car for shipment. The officer delivered all the property to her. The court held that the right to the property belonging to her husband must be determined in another suit. We think the court in error. The officer took all the property, both that belonging to the wife and that of the husband, under the writ, evidently supposing that it was all covered by his writ. He
The judgment must be so modified as to direct a return or the value of the property which the jury found belonged to the husband. The case will be remanded, with instruction to the court below to enter such a judgment. Defendant will recover costs.
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