Smith v. Ihling
| Decision Date | 25 January 1882 |
| Citation | 47 Mich. 614,11 N.W. 408 |
| Court | Michigan Supreme Court |
| Parties | SMITH v. IHLING. |
The issuing of a summons by a justice of the peace is a ministerial action, and such summons is not void because issued upon a legal holiday.
Error to Van Buren.
Annable & Fitch, for plaintiff in error.
George W. Lawton, for defendant in error.
This action was commenced in justice court by issuing a summons on a legal holiday, February 22, 1881. On the return day, a motion was made to quash the proceedings which was denied, a trial then had and judgment for the plaintiff. The cause was then taken to the circuit on a special appeal and the judgment of the justice reversed. The case comes here on writ of error. The circuit court erred. The issuing of summons is a ministerial act and is not forbidden by the statute.
The judgment of the circuit must be reversed with costs.
(The other justices concurred.)
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