Case Name: PORT HURON & GRATIOT RY. CO. ET AL. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (St. Clair)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1875-04-13
Citations: 1 McGrath 848
Docket Number: 
Parties: PORT HURON & GRATIOT RY. CO. ET AL. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (St. Clair),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 848–848

Head Matter:
PORT HURON & GRATIOT RY. CO. ET AL. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (St. Clair),
31 M., 456.

Opinion:
To vacate order appointing receiver and to dissolve an injunction restraining the majority of the directors from the management and control of the corporate business.
Granted April 13, 1875.
Held, that a Court of Chancery cannot take from directors .and vest in a receiver the management and control of railroad company, except in proceedings under the statute to dissolve the corporation, and that the ex-parte appointment of the receiver and granting of the injunction, are more than irregular and are absolutely void as beyond the power of the court.