Case Name: TYLER (Highway Comr., Dover) vs. BRIGGS (Highway Comr., Madison)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1891-05-20
Citations: 1 McGrath 1633
Docket Number: No. 11988
Parties: TYLER (Highway Comr., Dover) vs. BRIGGS (Highway Comr., Madison),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1633–1633

Head Matter:
TYLER (Highway Comr., Dover) vs. BRIGGS (Highway Comr., Madison),
No. 11988.

Opinion:
Bor a mandamus to compel the vacation of an order discontinuing a highway.
Denied May 20, 1891.
An alleged highway existed between townships of Dover and Madison, but deflected into latter township to avoid a swamp., Respondent discontinued so much of said way as lay wholly within Madison. Answer denies that the deflected portion of the road was a town line road, but avers that it was opened and maintained by Madison.