Michigan Supreme Court, 1858

Whipple v. Auditor General

Whipple v. Auditor General
Michigan Supreme Court · Decided May 28, 1858
1 McGrath 1035; 5 McGrath 193

Whipple v. Auditor General

Opinion of the Court

To compel payment of the salary of relator’s intestate, as judge of the Supreme Court, he having been elected circuit judge, and under the Act of 1851 acted as judge of the Supreme Court.

Denied May 28, 1858, on the ground that under the Constitution of 1850, the office of judge of the Supreme Court, *1038was not a distinct office from that of circuit judge, but two sets of duties were attached to the office of circuit judge.

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