Michigan Supreme Court, 1876

People ex rel. Jones v. Judge of Kent Circuit

People ex rel. Jones v. Judge of Kent Circuit
Michigan Supreme Court · Decided June 21, 1876 · Cooley, Other
34 Mich. 373; 1876 Mich. LEXIS 188

People ex rel. Jones v. Judge of Kent Circuit

Opinion of the Court

Cooley, Oh. J:

The application for a mandamus in this case is denied without an examination of the merits, for the reason that there is no return of the circuit judge showing upon what papers the transfer of the case from the circuit to the superior court was made. We are unwilling to decide cases upon such imperfect records, when our action would be equivalent to a review of the rulings of another court without knowing what that court based its action upon.

The other Justices concurred.

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