Cattermole v. Ionia Circuit Judge
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by Walter J. Cattermole to compel Frank D. M. Davis, circuit judge of Ionia county, to set aside an order quashing a writ of capias ad respondendum.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
The relator obtained the arrest of one Reuben E. Van Houten on a capias ad respondendum. The court, on the motion of Van Houten’s attorneys, quashed the writ and proceedings thereunder, and discharged the defendant. The relator, plaintiff in the suit, applies to this court for the writ of mandamus to review this judgment of the court and compel it to be set aside.
Is mandamus the proper remedy ? It is a rule of almost universal application that this writ will not be entertained when there is another complete and adequate remedy. The judgment or order in this case is final. It has disposed of…
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