Case Name: Margaret C. Thorp vs. Wm. T. Thorp
Court: Manistee County Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1871
Citations: 2 Mich. N.P. R. 209
Docket Number: 
Parties: Margaret C. Thorp vs. Wm. T. Thorp.
Judges: 
Reporter: The Michigan Nisi Prius Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 209–209

Head Matter:
Margaret C. Thorp vs. Wm. T. Thorp.
A Circuit Court Commissioner has no authority to make an order allowing alimony.
Manistee Circuit,
1871.
S. TF Fowler, for Complainant.
Benedict it Ramsdell, Contra.

Opinion:
Jiy the Court,
Ramsdell, J.
Under our statutes a Circuit Court Commissioner has no jurisdiction to hear an application and make an order for alimony, and the order heretofore made by D. W. Dunneti, Circuit Court Commissioner for this county, for that purpose, in this case is therefore void.