People ex rel. Hoffman v. Circuit Judge
Michigan Supreme Court
People ex rel. Hoffman v. Circuit Judge, 37 Mich. 131 (Mich. 1877)
1877 Mich. LEXIS 219
People ex rel. Hoffman v. Circuit Judge
Opinion of the Court
This is a motion for a mandamus to
.compel the circuit judge to grant an order for a new trial as a matter of right under the statute in an action of ejectment. It appears, however, that there has been no trial at all, but only a non-suit. An application to set this aside would be addressed to the discretion of the court below; the statute has no reference to such a case. The .statute intends to give the parties a second trial upon the facts; and a case is only brought within it where it appears .that one trial has already been had. Comp. L., § 6238.
Motion denied.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- The People ex rel. John M. Hoffman v. The Circuit Judge of St. Clair Circuit
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- Published