Michigan Supreme Court, 1868

Pearson v. Creslin

Pearson v. Creslin
Michigan Supreme Court · Decided January 7, 1868
16 Mich. 281; 1868 Mich. LEXIS 3
Pearson v. Creslin

Opinion of the Court

The court

held that the proceedings before the commissioner being a unit, the order to quash must affect the entire case, and that unless a party follows up his petition with a citation, his proceeding will be considered as having been abandoned by him.

Ordered, that the proceedings be quashed as irregular and without jurisdiction, with costs to the plaintiff in error.

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