Township of Blumfield v. Brown
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Saginaw; Beach, J. Certiorari by the township of Blumfield against Alonzo M. Brown, drain commissioner of Saginaw county, to review certain drain proceedings. From an order dismissing the writ, relator brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
This case is brought to this court by certiorari to review proceedings taken by the drain commissioner of Saginaw county to clean out, widen, and deepen a part of a public drain. The sole claim of plaintiff in certiorari is that the petition is fatally defective, and conferred no jurisdiction.
The order based upon the petition was made February 18, 1901, while the application for writ of certiorari was not made until April 30th. The statute provides that notice of the certiorari shall be served on the commissioner within 10 days after his determination, and that, if no certiorari has been…
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