Case Name: MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Kalamazoo)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1876-10-25
Citations: 1 McGrath 495
Docket Number: 
Parties: MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Kalamazoo),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 495–495

Head Matter:
MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Kalamazoo),
35 M., 227.

Opinion:
To set aside an order allowing an amendment to a declaration and to strike the amended declaration from the files.
Granted October 25, 1876.
The original declaration charged the railway company as a common carrier, for the loss of goods shipped over its lines and'destroyed by fire while in its depot awaiting delivery to a subsequent carrier, and the amendment sought to charge the company for negligence as warehousemen.
Cause of action had become barred by the statute of limitations prior to the amendment.