158 Mich. 445 | Mich. | 1909
This is error to review a judgment entered in an attachment proceeding. The affidavit for attachment waa sworn to by the plaintiff’s attorney, and stated the name of the plaintiff as L. M. Holmes. This
A special appearance was entered in the case by defendant, and a motion made to dismiss the proceedings on account of these irregularities, and for the reason that no correct name of the plaintiff appeared. The circuit judge overruled this motion on the ground that there was nothing, when the motion was filed, to rebut the presumption that the plaintiff’s proper name was L. M. Holmes, and, as the plaintiff then stood ready to amend her declaration, and proceed in the name of Lucy M. Holmes, this motion should not prevail on this ground. He was also of the opinion that the error in describing the name of the plaintiff as L. H. Holmes in the writ was a clerical error which could do no harm to the defendant, and that the return of the officer indicated that the writ and affidavit were both in his hands on the day of levy, and return was not made until the return day. He treated the indorsement of the clerk as a clerical error.
We think, certainly in the absence of any affirmative showing, that the indorsement of the clerk of the court could not be treated as a clerical error. See Sweet v. Gibson, 123 Mich. 699 (83 N. W. 407). The return of the officer is not inconsistent with the fact that the writ was filed with the clerk on the 16th day of January. As the record appears, it would seem that, having parted
That the return of the writ of attachment before the return day is fatal to the proceedings, see King v. Harrington, 14 Mich. 532, and Millard v. Hayward, 107 Mich. 219 (65 N. W. 104). If we give the same consideration to the filing with the clerk, it is apparent that the affidavit was not attached to the writ at the time it was served. The writ appears to have been returned January 16th, and the affidavit was not filed until the 17th of January, so that the two were not at that time attached.
For the errors pointed out, the judgment must be reversed, and the case dismissed.