Case Name: GOODSON vs. BOARD OF HEALTH (Detroit)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1897-09-14
Citations: 1 McGrath 1540½
Docket Number: No. 16364
Parties: GOODSON vs. BOARD OF HEALTH (Detroit),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1540½–1540½

Head Matter:
GOODSON vs. BOARD OF HEALTH (Detroit),
No. 16364.
4 D. L. N., 605; 72 N. W., 185.
(Certiorari to Wayne.)

Opinion:
To compel respondent to pay relator for extra services claimed to have been performed by him.
The circuit judge granted the writ. Reversed and writ denied September 14, 1897.
Held, (1) that mandamus is not the proper remedy to enforce, payment of such claim.
, (2) No contract relations having been entered into between relator and the health board in regard to these extra services, and relator having accepted his regular salary without making-any claim to the board for extra sendees, and having accepted from such board a sum in payment of such services, will not be-allowed a recovery.
(3) Under, the charter of the City of Detroit the health commissioner has no authority to fix the hours of labor of employes of the board, to determine how many hours shall constitute a day's labor or to bind the city to pay therefor.