Case Name: PISTORIOUS (Circuit Court Commissioner) vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Saginaw)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1883-06-20
Citations: 1 McGrath 1525
Docket Number: 
Parties: PISTORIOUS (Circuit Court Commissioner) vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Saginaw),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1525–1525

Head Matter:
PISTORIOUS (Circuit Court Commissioner) vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Saginaw),
51 M., 125.

Opinion:
To compel the payment of relator's fees for taking testimony on criminal examinations.
Denied June 20, 1883.
The commissioner employed a stenographer to take the testimony.
Held, that Act No. 214, Laws of 1879, refers to cases -where the evidence is taken by the officer in person; that in the present case what should be paid for what was done was not dependent on the tariff rates in the fee bill, but was such amount as would be a reasonable recompense, and of this the board had the lawful right to judge.