Legal Opinion
Wixom v. Bixby
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 10, 1901PublishedCited by 3 opinions
. Error to Oakland; Smith, J. Certiorari by John R. Wixom to review the proceedings of A. B. Bixby, drain commissioner of Oakland county, in the matter of establishing a drain. From an order dismissing the writ, plaintiff brings' error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The following statement of facts is substantially taken from the brief of the attorney for appellant:
“Defendant in this case is drain commissioner for the county of Oakland, and successor in office of John Thayer. *480In the spring of 1899, a petition regularly made and signed was filed with Thayer' for the location and establishment of a certain drain in the township of Farmington, in said county. The drain commissioner took all the regular and necessary steps required by law, and petitioned the probate court for the appointment of at least three commissioners to determine the necessity for the…
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