Township of Custer v. Dawson
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Sanilac; Beach, J. Eminent domain proceedings by the township of Custer against William Dawson and others. A judgment in circuit court on appeal from the highway-commissioner and township board is reviewed by petitioner on writ of certiorari.
1ConcurrenceOstrander, J.
If no other remedy is provided in special proceedings, the remedy to correct errors of law has been by certiorari. See the cases collected in the opinion in Hartz v. Wayne Circuit Judge, 164 Mich. 231 (129 N. W. 25). But the courts exercise caution in granting and are indisposed to grant the writ in cases where another remedy exists. Farrell v. Taylor, 12 Mich. 113; Tucker v. Drain Commissioner, 50 Mich. 5 (14 N. W. 676); *373Galloway v. Corbitt, 52 Mich. 460 (18 N. W. 218); Hartz v. Brown, 165 Mich. 660 (131 N. W. 75); Loomis v. Hartz, 165 Mich. 662 (131 N. W. 85).
The proceeding now in hand is a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Brown v. ForscheMichigan Supreme Court · 1880
- Gott v. CulpMichigan Supreme Court · 1881
- In re Mower's appealMichigan Supreme Court · 1882
- Farrell v. TaylorMichigan Supreme Court · 1863
- Hall v. GrovierMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
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