Case Name: TURNBULL vs. GIDDINGS (President) and ALWARD (Secretary of the Senate); BARKWORTH vs. SPEAKER AND CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1893-04-14
Citations: 1 McGrath 980
Docket Number: No. 13382; No. 13383
Parties: TURNBULL vs. GIDDINGS (President) and ALWARD (Secretary of the Senate), BARKWORTH vs. SPEAKER AND CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 980–980

Head Matter:
TURNBULL vs. GIDDINGS (President) and ALWARD (Secretary of the Senate), BARKWORTH vs. SPEAKER AND CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
No. 13382.
No. 13383,
95 M., 314.

Opinion:
To compel respondents to receive certain protests and enter the same on the journals of their respective bodies.
Denied April 14, 1893.
Held, that mandamus will- not issue unless it clearly appears that the person to whom it is directed has the absolute power to execute the mandate of the court.