O'Hara v. Collier
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Berrien; Coolidge, J. Mandamus by James O’Hara, city attorney of the city of St. Joseph, against Joseph R. Collier, Jr., one of the justices of the peace for said city, to compel respondent to issue a warrant applied for by relator. An order denying the writ is reviewed by relator on writ of certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
This case has been brought to this court on certiorari to review the action of the circuit court in refusing to grant a peremptory mandamus. The relator is the city attorney of the city of St. Joseph. The respondent, a justice of the peace, having refused to issue a warrant upon the complaint of the relator filed with him, charging one David J. Stewart with a violation of the peddler ordinance of the city of St. Joseph, the relator petitioned the circuit court for the county of Berrien for a peremptory writ of mandamus, compelling the respondent so to do. An order to show cause having been…
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