People ex rel. Covell v. Treasurer of Kent County
Michigan Supreme Court
Application for Mandamus. cited: 13 Mich., 233; 5 Cal.j 402; 10 Cal, 296; 36 Cal, 691; 18 Ala., 621; 6 How. (Miss.), 20; 7 Ibid., 548; Billon Mun. Corp., §§ 357-8, and note, and cases cited; 13 Wis., 383; 32 Wis., 510; 3 HI, 269. cited: Stale v. Young, 3 Kan., 445; Shafer v. Mumma, 17 Md., 331; Billon Mun. Corp., §§ 367-66.
1Per curiam
1. The court are of opinion that the statute does make the county of Kent liable for jurors’ fees in the superior court of Grand Bapids, and that it is competent to do so.—People v. Auditors of Wayne County, 13 Mich., 233.
2. The court also think that under the constitution it was competent to establish the superior court. The constitution, it is true, declares that “the judicial power is vested in one supreme court, in circuit courts, in probate courts and in justices of the peace.” But it also in the same section declares that “municipal courts of civil and criminal jurisdiction may be…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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