Case Name: GRATOPP vs. VAN EPPS (Justice of the Peace)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1897-07-13
Citations: 1 McGrath 765
Docket Number: No. 16274
Parties: GRATOPP vs. VAN EPPS (Justice of the Peace),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 765–769

Head Matter:
GRATOPP vs. VAN EPPS (Justice of the Peace),
No. 16274;
4 D. L. N., 418; 71 N. W., 1080.

Opinion:
To compel respondent to issue.an execution upon a judgment recovered before his predecessor.
Granted July 13, 1897.
Respondent was elected to succeed one Salisbury, whose term expired July 4, 1895. The city re-incorporated under Act No. 215, Laws of 1895, and at the time of such re-incorporation there were four justices in said city, two of whom, not including respondent, were re-elected under Sec. 5 of Chap. 5 of said act.
Held, that a justice of the peace is a constitutional officer and the legislature cannot deprive him of the power and duties conferred upon him by that instrument.