Hall v. Wayne Circuit Judge
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by Thomas E. Hall and others, to compel Joseph W. Donovan, circuit judge of Wayne county, to vacate an order appointing a receiver.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The circuit court in chancery made an order appointing a receiver, and requiring defendants to deliver over to said receiver all property constituting a stock of dry goods owned by Richardson and others, which was in the possession of other defendants as mortgagees. The bill was filed under 3 How. Stat. § 8749o, and the order was made pendente lite. A motion was made to vacate said order, which was denied,' and an application for mandamus to compel it is made.
This order attempts to divest possession of property on a preliminary inquiry, and, if not an absolute nullity, was improvidently made.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- People ex rel. Messler v. SimonsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1862
- People ex rel. Port Huron & Gratiot Railway Co. v. Judge of St. Clair CircuitMichigan Supreme Court · 1875
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