Serrell v. Patterson
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Oakland; Carpenter, J., presiding. Samuel J. Serrell, drain commissioner for the county of ■Oakland, applied to the circuit court for a writ of mandamus to compel Thomas L. Patterson, judge of probate for said county, to appoint special commissioners to determine the necessity for a proposed drain. Relator brings certiorari to review an order denying the writ.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
Application in writing was made to the relator, who is drain commissioner of Oakland county, for the establishment of a drain in the township of Groveland, in that county. Fourteen names were attached to the application. Such proceedings were had as the statute requires of the commissioner, who thereafter petitioned the probate court for special commissioners to determine the necessity of the drain. Citations were issued in February, 1898, by the probate court, which were duly served; but, upon the hearing, the petition was dismissed. In March, 1894, the petition was renewed. New citations…
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