Swift v. Judges of the Circuit Court
Michigan Supreme Court
Application for mandamus or prohibition to prevent the ■circuit court of Wayne county from reviewing, by certiorari, a conviction in the recorder’s court of the city of Detroit for the violation of a city ordinance. The facts are stated in the •opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
A writ of certiorari was issued by the circuit court for the county of Wayne to review a conviction in the recorder’s court of Detroit for an alleged violation of a city ordinance. The recorder applies to us for a mandamus *480or prohibition to prevent the circuit court from exercising this jurisdiction. The whole question turns on the inquiry whether the recorder’s court of Detroit, acting in the particular case in controversy, is a court inferior to the circuit court.
The Constitution of Michigan, in terms, gives to the Supreme Court a general superintending control over all inferior courts,…
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