Legal Opinion

Jackson Consolidated Traction Co. v. Jackson Circuit Judge

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided March 3, 1909No. Calendar No. 23,117PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Mandamus by the Jackson Consolidated Traction Company to compel James A. Parkinson, circuit judge of Jackson county, to vacate an order granting discovery of relator’s books and papers.

1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.

One Thomas Green, of the city of New York, instituted a suit in the circuit court for the county of Jackson by summons against the relator on the 8th of May, 1908. Shortly thereafter a petition was filed by the plaintiff, Green, asking to have certain books and papers of the relator produced in court to enable the said Green, as such plaintiff, to declare upon his cause of action, which consisted of a judgment theretofore recovered against the Jackson & Suburban Traction Company in the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York. The petition, asking for the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hubbard v. ChappelIndiana Supreme Court · 1860
  2. Collins v. Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Gueringer v. St. Louis, B. & M. Ry. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1930
  2. Gueringer v. St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1935

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