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Parties - Right To Sue Defendant By Fictitious Name, Oliver B. Crager
Parties - Right To Sue Defendant By Fictitious Name, Oliver B. Crager
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff brought an action of detinue to repossess an electric refrigerator against "John Doe, whose name is to the plaintiff otherwise unknown, but will be inserted by way of amendment when ascertained," in accordance with an Alabama statute allowing suits to be started against defendants by a fictitious name. Writ of seizure issued on the same date as the summons, but the sheriff did not make service. When it was found that the refrigerator was in the possession of a woman, plaintiff amended the complaint to substitute "Mary Roe, whose name is to the plaintiff otherwise unknown, etc." Service was …