Case Name: BRISTOW vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Macomb)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1855
Citations: 1 McGrath 1563
Docket Number: 
Parties: BRISTOW vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Macomb),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1563–1567

Head Matter:
BRISTOW vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Macomb),
3 M., 475.

Opinion:
To compel the board to allow the amount of a claim under R. S. 1846, Sec. 15, p. 163, for caring for a person infected with smallpox.
Granted 1855.
Notwithstanding Sec. 10, Art. X, of the constitution, mandamus will lie to compel the board of supervisors to do what the .law unconditionally requires of them. The writ may be resorted to for the enforcement of private rights, when withheld by public officers, especially where by law, no other specific remedy is given.