Ware v. Circuit Judge

Michigan Supreme Court
Ware v. Circuit Judge, 1 McGrath 236 (Mich. 1889)
75 McGrath 488

Ware v. Circuit Judge

Opinion of the Court

To compel respondent to assume jurisdiction over and try an information for alleged breach of the peace, charged to have been committed by the use of false, abusive and insolent language, in a dwelling house in the presence of the occupants, but accompanied with no threat and causing no expectation or fear of personal violence.

Denied June 28, 1889.

Held, not to be a breach of the peace within the common law definition of that term.

Reference

Full Case Name
WARE (Pros. Attorney) v. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Branch)
Status
Published