Legal Opinion

Pearsall v. Board of Supervisors

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 5, 1888PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Certiorari to review proceedings for discontinuing a, State road. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, J.

The plaintiff sued out a writ of certiorari for the purpose of having this Court review the proceedings of the board of supervisors of the county of Eaton in discontinuing a portion of a certain State road in Eaton county, known as the “Lansing and Allegan State Boad.”

The plaintiff contends that the portion of the road so *440discontinued is not a State or territorial road, but is a township road, duly laid out by the township authorities as early as 1840. She sets out in her petition a record of a survey made by the commissioners of highways, dated March 15, 1840, and established as such by the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Campau v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1866
  2. People ex rel. Bristol v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
  3. In re the appeals of PowersMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
  4. People ex rel. Goldsmith v. Highway CommissionersMichigan Supreme Court · 1867
  5. People v. KimballMichigan Supreme Court · 1856

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Pearsall v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Buhl v. Fort Street Union Depot Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Phillips Mercantile Co. v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1955
  4. Weston v. MonroeMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
  5. Covert v. MunsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1892

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