MacGillis v. Alcona County
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Alpena; Mayne, J., presiding. Henry R. MacGillis presented a claim against the county of Alcona for services rendered. The claim was disallowed in part, and claimant appealed to the circuit court. Judgment for claimant. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
Counsel for appellant comes into this court with 77 assignments of error which, are discussed in a brief of 143 printed pages. Every important question in the case could have been presented in five or six assignments of error and could have been intelligently and exhaustively discussed in a brief of 15 or 20 pages. The course pursued makes a great deal of unnecessary work for this court, and is not to be commended.
The plaintiff is an attorney. It is his claim that the prosecuting attorney was ill and requested' plaintiff to do some work for the people in a very important case, which work was…
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