People ex rel. Detroit Fire & Marine Insurance v. Judge of the Saginaw Circuit Court

Campbell, Ch. J.

The circuit judge for Saginaw county, upon affidavit of W. S. Tenant, attorney for John Dietrich, that the relator had no presiding officer, cashier, secretary or treasurer within the limits of that county, directed service of process to be made upon one Edward P. Allen, an agent of the *493company in that county. Application is made for a mandamus to compel the order to be vacated. The relator is a Michigan company, having its business office in Detroit, where the officers reside.

The power in controversy is claimed to result from § 4885 of the Compiled Laws, which provides that…