Adamczyk v. Town of Caledonia

Much of the briefs of both appellant and respondent was devoted to the question of whether the action should have been brought in certiorari, and if so whether the causes alleged were properly incorporated in a petition for that writ. If, however, the record makes it apparent that no cause for relief could be set forth in a petition in certiorari or otherwise, it is unnecessary to decide what procedural pleadings would properly have framed the plaintiff’s cause of action. If no valid causes of action were stated in the complaint, it is also unnecessary and impossible to determine whether or…