Case Name: SCOTT ET AL. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Wayne)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1886-07-21
Citations: 1 McGrath 474
Docket Number: 
Parties: SCOTT ET AL. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Wayne),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 474–474

Head Matter:
SCOTT ET AL. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Wayne),
62 M., 532.

Opinion:
To vacate an order punishing relators for contempt, and to restrain the operation of an injunction granted against them.
Granted July 21, 1886.
Held, that the action of the court below was in excess of its jurisdiction; that in proceedings for contempt to enforce a civil remedy under Hoy. Stat., Chap. 256, a solicitor has no authority to make admissions for his clients; that an order requiring respondents to pay into court a certain sum of money within forty days, or give bonds to produce it, or stand committed indefinitely, is vague and beyond the jurisdiction of the court; that the injunction suit, commenced by creditors and implicating the receiver without leave of court, was illegally commenced, and no showing was made justifying the issue of the injunction.