Legal Opinion

Morley v. Saginaw Circuit Judge

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided May 24, 1898PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Mandamus by George B. Morley and Homer Loring, receivers of the Union Street-Railway Company of Saginaw, to compel Byron A. Snow, circuit judge of Saginaw county, to vacate an order requiring relators to discontinue the use of the Mehling system for the collection of car fares.

1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.

This is a petition for a mandamus to require the respondent to vacate an order made by him. The petitioners were appointed by the circuit court for the county of Saginaw, in chancery, receivers of the Union Street-Railway Company of Saginaw, Mich., upon the application of the Boston Safe-Deposit & Trust Company, complainant in a cross-bill in Union Street-Ry. Co. v. City of Saginaw, 115 Mich. 300. The receivers were directed to take control of the road, and operate the same. At this time there was in the employ of the road, as a street-car conductor, John C. Smith, and he continued to act in…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Sloan v. Central Iowa Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1883
  2. Taylor v. SweetMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
  3. Union Street-Railway Co. v. City of SaginawMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Continental Trust Co. v. Toledo, St. L. & K. C. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Ohio · 1894

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Attorney General, ex rel. Commissioner of Insurance v. Lapeer Farmers Mutual Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1942
  2. Atty. Gen. v. Mutual Fire Ins. Assn.Michigan Supreme Court · 1942
  3. In Re Motion for Leave to Sue the Receiver of Venus Plaza Shopping CenterMichigan Court of Appeals · 1998
  4. Martin v. the Rhode Island CompanySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1911
  5. Virginia Railway & Power Co. v. O'FlahertySupreme Court of Virginia · 1916

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