Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Watson v. Judge of Superior Court

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided April 25, 1879PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Mandamus to compel the Superior Court of Detroit to vacate an order overruling a motion for the relator’s discharge from arrest. The facts are in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.

The relator was arrested in the county of Oakland on process issuing out of the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Michigan, in a civil suit brought by Marshall Field and others, and taken to the city of Detroit, in Wayne county, where he gave the usual appearance bail to the marshal and was discharged. He was thereupon immediately arrested again on civil process issuing out of the Superior Court of Detroit at the suit of other plaintiffs, and gave appearance bail to the sheriff. Subsequently he was surrendered in exoneration of his bail to the sheriff, and then…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Sanford v. ChaseNew York Supreme Court · 1824
  2. Commonwealth v. HawesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1878
  3. Fox v. WoodSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1829
  4. Clark v. GrantNew York Supreme Court · 1829
  5. Sperry v. WillardNew York Supreme Court · 1828

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. In re CannonMichigan Supreme Court · 1882
  2. Christian v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
  3. Higgins v. California Prune & Apricot Growers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1922
  4. Mitchell v. Huron Circuit JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Wilson v. DonaldsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1889

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