People ex rel. Harbaugh v. Judge of the Wayne Circuit

Michigan Supreme Court
People ex rel. Harbaugh v. Judge of the Wayne Circuit, 32 Mich. 259 (Mich. 1875)
1875 Mich. LEXIS 168
Coubt

People ex rel. Harbaugh v. Judge of the Wayne Circuit

Opinion of the Court

The Coubt

held that while the course pursued was irregular and an abuse of discretion, the hill as settled does *260not appear to be so far defective as to fail to fairly present substantially all tbe questions sought to be raised, and that, therefore, the case is not one calling for the extraordinary writ of mandamus; but that the bill first submitted was also a proper one in form, and presented the questions for review in equally as good if not better shape than the one which was signed, and that it should have been adopted as the framework of the bill to be settled, with such changes and amendments as the facts warranted.

The practice too frequently adopted, of tacking a formal beginning and conclusion upon the stenographer’s minutes of the entire evidence on the trial, and signing that for a. bill of exceptions, is criticised and condemned as improper and unwarranted.

Writ denied.

Reference

Full Case Name
The People on the relation of David E. Harbaugh v. The Judge of the Wayne Circuit
Cited By
2 cases
Status
Published