People ex rel. County of Barry v. Supervisors of Manistee County
Michigan Supreme Court
Application for mandamus. This is an ajoplication to require respondents to cause an order to be drawn on the treasurer of their county in favor of the relator for the sum of three thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars and five cents, .on account of an allowance made by them of the claim of Barry county for the expenses of the trial of George Vanderpool for the murder of Herbert Field in Manistee county, which trial was held in Barry county under an order for a…
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Application for mandamus. This is an ajoplication to require respondents to cause an order to be drawn on the treasurer of their county in favor of the relator for the sum of three thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars and five cents, .on account of an allowance made by them of the claim of Barry county for the expenses of the trial of George Vanderpool for the murder of Herbert Field in Manistee county, which trial was held in Barry county under an order for a change of venue. The bill presented to the supervisors of Manistee county for their action was as follows: For summoning 124…
1Opinion of the Court
Cooley, Oh. J:
Under the' constitution, Art. 10, § 10, the boards of supervisors of the respective counties have “the exclusive power to prescribe and fix the compensation rendered for, and to adjust all claims against” their respective counties, with an exception in the case of the county of "Wayne. This provision clearly covers the claims in question, and it must follow that the board of -supervisors of Barry were acting without authority when they assumed jurisdiction to pass upon them. It is probably true, as was suggested in argument, that this conclusion - must cause some inconvenience…
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