Case Name: Lovina Dikeman v. John Harrison et al.
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1878-04-16
Citations: 38 Mich. 617
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lovina Dikeman v. John Harrison et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 38
Pages: 617–617

Head Matter:
Lovina Dikeman v. John Harrison et al.
Civil Damage Law — Costs. .
Costs go to the defendant in the circuit court where the recovery ■ of damages for the sale of liquors does not esceed $100.
Error to Wayne.
Submitted April 9.
Decided April 16.
Trespass on the case under the Civil Damage Law. Plaintiff brings error.
Joslin & Whitman for plaintiff in error.
Griffin & Dickinson for defendant in error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
In this case plaintiff in error sued in the circuit court for the county of Wayne to recover damages for the intoxication of her husband caused by the acts of defendants. She recovered precisely one hundred, dollars damages, and thereupon costs were awarded to defendants. She brings error.
We have searched with some diligence to discover some statute which would take this case out of the rule which gives costs to defendants in cases where the amount recovered is such as if sued for would have come within the exclusive jurisdiction of a justice of the peace. Comp. L. § 7387. It was held in Strong v. Daniels, 3 Mich., 466; Inkster v. Carver, 16 Mich., 484, and People ex rel. Stortz v. Judge of Ingham, ante p. 243, that the defendant is to recover costs in such cases. The law of 1867, supposed to change the rule, is construed in Inkster v. Carver.
The case is a hard one, and we cannot but think the Legislature would have exempted it from this rule if the matter had been brought to their attention. But we are bound to enforce the law as we' find it.
The judgment must be affirmed with costs.