Case Name: Adelbert C. Martin v. William B. Tripp, assessor, etc.
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1883-06-20
Citations: 51 Mich. 184
Docket Number: 
Parties: Adelbert C. Martin v. William B. Tripp, assessor, etc.
Judges: 
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 51
Pages: 184–185

Head Matter:
Adelbert C. Martin v. William B. Tripp, assessor, etc.
Mandamus — Payment of interest on school orders.
Mandamus to compel a school district assessor to pay a school order was allowed where the Court was satisfied there was no valid defense.
Interest from the time of demand maybe allowed in granting mandamus for the payment of a school order when it is such a settled demand as would sustain a recovery of interest at law.
Mandamus.
Submitted June 19.
Granted June 20.
Hughes db Smiley for the writ.
L. A. Tabor against.

Opinion:
This is a motion for a mandamus to compel the respondent to pay an order issued to the plaintiff by the proper school officers of the district, in payment for .services as a teacher, and which respondent, at a time when he had money in his hands applicable for the purpose, refused to pay. Various defenses were set up,— among them a violation of contract by the relator, irregularity in the making of the contract, and a vote of the district not to pay.
The Court being satisfied there was no valid defense, ordered that the writ should issue; and as the order was such .a settled demand as interest would be recoverable upon at ,law, interest was allowed from the time of demand.