Case Name: DETROIT & BIRMINGHAM PLANK ROAD CO. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Wayne)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1873-05-14
Citations: 1 McGrath 170
Docket Number: 
Parties: DETROIT & BIRMINGHAM PLANK ROAD CO. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Wayne),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 170–170

Head Matter:
DETROIT & BIRMINGHAM PLANK ROAD CO. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Wayne),
27 M., 303.

Opinion:
To vacate an order dismissing an appeal from Justice Court, and allow relator to file a new affidavit and bond.
Granted May 14, 1873.
Held, that an appeal from a justice cannot be dismissed absolutely for defects and informalities in the affidavit and bond, where the appellant tenders a new and proper affidavit and bond; that the proper practice on motion to dismiss an appeal for such defects is to make an order nisi that the appeal be dismissed, unless within the time specified a new and correct affidavit and bond be filed, and that mandamus is the proper remedy where an appeal has been improperly dismissed for such defects.