Attorney General v. Fort Street Union Depot Co.

The relator asks for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent to aid in the maintenance and repair of a viaduct over certain streets in the city of Detroit. The record shows that in October, 1889, the respondent presented to the railroad-crossing board a map and survey of its depot grounds and the route of its proposed tracks for approval. At this time the company contemplated building a trestle or viaduct along and over River street, in the city of Detroit, crossing the tracks of the Michigan Central Railroad, near Eleventh street. At this time the Michigan Central Company had 13 tracks…