Bigelow v. Brooks
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to' Oakland; Smith, J. Mandamus by Thomas Bigelow and others to compel David C. Brooks and William F. Wood, highway commissioners of the townships of Southfield and Farmington, respectively, to rebuild a bridge on a town-line road. From an order granting the writ, respondents bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The relators filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the Oakland county circuit court. Each of the respondents filed an answer to said petition. These answers denied many of the material allegations contained in the petition. The relators then asked that issues might *210be framed and submitted to a jury. The respondents severally objected to the court submitting any questions to the jury. These objections were overruled. The respondents then framed certain questions to be submitted to the jury. After a trial, the jury passed upon the issues submitted to them. The court made findings as to…
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