Case Name: WELLS ET AL. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (St. Joseph)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1879-06-11
Citations: 1 McGrath 481
Docket Number: 
Parties: WELLS ET AL. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (St. Joseph),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 481–481

Head Matter:
WELLS ET AL. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (St. Joseph),
39 M., 21.

Opinion:
To compel respondent to allow a set-off of one judgment against another, which he refused on account of a dispute as to rights of attorney and assignee.
Denied June 11, 1879.
Held, that mandamus does not lie to review the discretion of a circuit judge; that his denial of the motion was not a bar to proceedings in equity.