Case Name: GIBBS vs. SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE (Detroit)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1884-04-29
Citations: 1 McGrath 686
Docket Number: 
Parties: GIBBS vs. SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE (Detroit),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 686–686

Head Matter:
GIBBS vs. SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE (Detroit),
53 M., 496.

Opinion:
To set aside a judgment of non-suit, which was ordered in an action for slander commenced by capias, because plaintiff bad failed to comply with an order directing tbe defendant to file a statement of tbe particulars of the álleged slander.
Granted, without costs, April 29, 1884.
Held that the facts were given in the affidavits for the writ with abundant fullness, and the court should not have gone beyond' limiting plaintiff to the case set out in the affidavits, in case he failed to give further particulars.