Robison v. Wayne Circuit Judges
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by James A. Robison, prosecuting attorney, to compel Joseph W. Donovan, Alfred J. Murphy, Morse Rohnert, George S. Hosmer, Henry A. Mandell, and Flavius L. Brooke, circuit judges of Wayne county, to designate one of their number to act as judge of the juvenile court of Detroit.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This is an application for mandamus to require respondents to designate one of their number to act as judge of the juvenile court of Detroit, the respondents having refused such action for the reason ‘that the juvenile court act of Detroit, so-called, being Act No. 684, Local Acts 1907, is unconstitutional, and the question for our determination is whether the act in question is constitutional.
The act is entitled:
“An act to regulate the treatment and control of dependent, neglected and delinquent children under the age of seventeen years within the city of Detroit; to establish the juvenile…
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