City of Ishpeming v. Maroney

While it would seem quite clear that the •charge upon which the respondent was arrested was not criminal in its character and that she could not therefore be imprisoned, yet there would seem to be two objections to the present remedy.

First. The fine was voluntarily paid by a third person •and respondent released before any application was made for the writ. We are asked, therefore, to set aside and hold for naught a satisfied judgment, and the necessity for so doing is not apparent. Powell v. People 47 Mich. 108.

Secondly, a remedy by certiorari and also by appeal to the circuit court was…