Case Name: GRAND RAPIDS L. & D. R. R. CO. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Wayne)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1891-05-05
Citations: 1 McGrath 870
Docket Number: No. 11915½
Parties: GRAND RAPIDS L. & D. R. R. CO. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Wayne),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 870–873

Head Matter:
GRAND RAPIDS L. & D. R. R. CO. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Wayne),
No. 11915½.

Opinion:
To compel respondent to set aside a verdict and grant a new trial, in a case where one of the jurors was taken sick during the trial and tbe court, without the consent of counsel, directed the trial to proceed with eleven jurors.
Denied May 5, 1891, on the ground that error is the proper remedy.
See McRae et al. vs. Grand Rapids, L. & D. R. R. Co., 93 M., 399, 17 L. R. A. 750, where the verdict referred to was reversed and a new trial ordered.,