Van Akin v. Dunn
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Monroe; Kinne, J. Mandamus by Simeon Van Akin to compel Luke Dunn, treasurer of Monroe county, to pay a certain drain order. From an order granting the writ, respondent brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The relator obtained from the circuit court a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the respondent to pay a certain drain order alleged to have been purchased from the payee named therein after presentation and demand of payment by the holder and refusal by the respondent. The respondent has brought the case to this court by certiorari.
The return of the treasurer to the order to show cause, *422issued by the circuit court, shows that the drain in question was laid out by a township drain commissioner, but that his office was abolished by law before payment was made, and the matter passed under…
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