Case Name: ALLEN vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Kent)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1877-10-24
Citations: 1 McGrath 176
Docket Number: 
Parties: ALLEN vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Kent),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 176–180

Head Matter:
ALLEN vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Kent),
37 M., 473.

Opinion:
To vacate order dismissing appeal from Justice Court.
Granted October 24, 1877.
The circuit judge assumed that the act creating the Superior Court (Laws of 1875, p. 42, Laws of 1877, p. 138), divested the circuit of jurisdiction and conferred it upon the Superior Court in cases where one of the parties was a resident of the city.
Held, that the. Circuit Courts and Justice Courts are constitutional courts, and the jurisdiction conferred upon them is beyond the reach of legislation.