Case Name: RUSSELL vs. INSPECTORS AND AGENT OF THE STATE PRISON
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1856
Citations: 1 McGrath 1093
Docket Number: 
Parties: RUSSELL vs. INSPECTORS AND AGENT OF THE STATE PRISON,
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1093–1093

Head Matter:
RUSSELL vs. INSPECTORS AND AGENT OF THE STATE PRISON,
4 M., 186.

Opinion:
To compel respondent to desist from teaching convicts in the State Prison the mechanical trade of wagon making, and from manufacturing wagons in said prison with convict labor.-
Denied 1856.
Held, that it is for the agent of the prison to determine the question what trades are within the- constitutional provision, and that the court will not interfere by mandamus to control the agent in the exercise of his discretion.
Whether a private individual can apply for a writ in such case, quere.