Legal Opinion

Crawford v. Wayne Circuit Judge

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided November 27, 1912No. Calendar No. 24,659Published

Mandamus by Milo H. Crawford, trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of Fred C. Ross, to compel Henry A. Man-dell, one of the Wayne circuit judges, to vacate an order denying relator’s application for a more specific answer and discovery in a judgment creditor’s suit.

1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.

In this proceeding relator seeks by mandamus to compel the circuit court of Wayne county, in chancery, to set aside an order made by it on the 17th day of May, 1911, in which it denied relator’s motion for an order to compel certain defendants in a chancery suit there *110pending, to more specifically answer, under oath, certain interrogatories touching allegations of fraud, contained in a creditor’s bill of complaint filed against them for discovery, and to make a more full disclosure of facts in relation thereto. The principal question involved is whether, under the provisions of sections 436…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Turnbull v. Prentiss Lumber Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Avery v. Forest Lawn Cemetery Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1901
  3. Hubbard v. McNaughtonMichigan Supreme Court · 1880
  4. Merchants' Bank of St. Joseph v. CryslerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1895
  5. Saginaw County Savings Bank v. DuffieldMichigan Supreme Court · 1909

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