Williams v. Doane
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Livingston; Miner, J. Mandamus by Lester Williams to compel E. J. Doane and others, drain commissioners of Ingham, Livingston, and Washtenaw counties, to dismiss proceedings for the establishment of a drain. From an order granting the writ, defendants bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
By certiorari to mandamus defendants ask review and reversal of a peremptory order of the circuit court of Livingston county directing them in their official capacity to meet, take joint negative action upon the necessity for, and to dismiss pending proceedings looking to laying out a drain through the three counties they respectively represent.
The contemplated improvement, called the Lowe lake drain, as planned, has a length of between 11 and 12 miles, and in its course traverses the three counties mentioned. When proceedings were instituted for the improvement, in 1916, E. J. Doane was…
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