53 Mich. 574 | Mich. | 1884
The plaintiff took out a summons in assumpsit before a justice of the peace in the city of Detroit, and served the same himself upon the defendant and made return thereof, accompanying the same by his own affidavit of service, claiming his right to make such service under the statute (How. Stat. § 6827), which says it “may be served by any competent person.” There were no pleadings in the case on the part of defendant, and plaintiff proceeded ex parte to judgment before the justice.
Objections were made by the defendant at the circuit to the jurisdiction of the court, and to the sufficiency of the proof of the assignment of the account to the plaintiff. Both of the objections were well taken. The plaintiff could not serve a summons in his own favor; and there was no competent proof of the assignment of the account to plaintiff.. Parmalee v. Loomis 24 Mich. 242; Morton v. Crane 39 Mich. 526.
■ The judgment must be reversed; and the court having no jurisdiction in the case, a new trial will not be granted.