Detroit & Birmingham Plank Road Co. v. Circuit Judge

Michigan Supreme Court
Detroit & Birmingham Plank Road Co. v. Circuit Judge, 1 McGrath 170 (Mich. 1873)
27 McGrath 303

Detroit & Birmingham Plank Road Co. v. Circuit Judge

Opinion of the Court

To vacate an order dismissing an appeal from Justice Court, and allow relator to file a new affidavit and bond.

Granted May 14, 1873.

Held, that an appeal from a justice cannot be dismissed absolutely for defects and informalities in the affidavit and bond, where the appellant tenders a new and proper affidavit and bond; that the proper practice on motion to dismiss an appeal for such defects is to make an order nisi that the appeal be dismissed, unless within the time specified a new and correct affidavit and bond be filed, and that mandamus is the proper remedy where an appeal has been improperly dismissed for such defects.

Reference

Full Case Name
DETROIT & BIRMINGHAM PLANK ROAD CO. v. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Wayne)
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1 case
Status
Published