Detroit & Erin Plank-Road Co. v. Macomb Circuit Judge
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by tbe Detroit & Erin Plank-Road Company to compel James B. Eldredge, circuit judge of Macomb county, to dissolve an injunction restraining relator from “placing or using in the construction of its roadbed any material except plank or gravel, or stone so broken as to subserve the purposes of gravel, or any material from which the dirt, sand, and stones one and one-half inches in diameter or more have not been sifted or removed.”
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This is an application for a writ of mandamus to compel the circuit judge of Macomb county *372to dissolve an injunction. The facts, the questions involved, and the legislation in reference thereto, are fully stated by Judge El dredge in his opinion, which reads as follows:
“The Gratiot road or turnpike was laid out and constructed as a military road, pursuant to an act of Congress approved March 2,1827-, entitled ‘An act to authorize the laying out and opening of certain roads in the territory of Michigan.’ 4 U‘. S. Stat. at Large, 231. In 1830, by an act of the legislature of Michigan approved…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Carver v. Detroit & Saline Plank Road Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1886
- Flint & Pere Marquette Railway Co. v. GordonMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
- County Treasurer v. BunburyMichigan Supreme Court · 1881
- Horn v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
- Town of Burlington v. SchwarzmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1884
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Township of Erin v. Detroit & Erin Plank-Road Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1898