Case Name: TUCKER vs. COMMON COUNCIL (Grand Rapids)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1895-04-16
Citations: 1 McGrath 1560
Docket Number: No. 14555
Parties: TUCKER vs. COMMON COUNCIL (Grand Rapids),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1560–1560

Head Matter:
TUCKER vs. COMMON COUNCIL (Grand Rapids),
No. 14555,
104 M., 621.
(Certiorari to Kent.)

Opinion:
To compel respondent to allow relator's claim for the board of certain witnesses for the people in a criminal case. The circuit judge allowed the writ.
Reversed April 16, 1895, with costs.
Held, that the board of police commissioners has no power to contract for the board of a witness for the people while waiting to testify.