Michigan Bell Telephone Co. v. Ingham Circuit Judge

Plaintiff herein seeks mandamus in this Court to compel Ingham county circuit judge, Marvin J. Salmon, to vacate his order of November 3, 1948, whereby plaintiff’s motions to reopen and take further testimony were denied in a proceeding wherein the Michigan public service commission had made a rate-fixing order on December 13, 1945. We will herein refer to plaintiff, Michigan Bell Telephone Company, as the company, and to the Michigan public service commission as the commission. To aid in presenting the factual background we note in chronological order the following phases of this proceeding.

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