Kingsley v. Nyland
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Allegan; Padgham, J. Mandamus by Frank W. Kingsley and others to compel John H. Nyland, highway commissioner, and Lambertus Scholten and others, composing the township board, of Laketown township, to repair' a bridge. From an order granting the writ, respondents bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, C. J.
Twenty-five of the property owners of the township of Laketown, Allegan county, Mich., living on the highway running north from Gosshorn Lake, on the 21st day of November, 1902, filed a petition in the circuit court for the county of Allegan for a mandamtis against the highway commissioner and township board! of Laketown to compel the repair of the bridge on the highway aforesaid across Gosshorn Lake. The matter was heard before Judge Padgham, who granted the writ. This is a certiorari to review Judge Padgham’s action.
The record discloses it is 621 feet across Gosshorn Lake *536where the bridge…
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