Case Name: ROBISON (Pros. Attorney) vs. RECORDERS' COURT JUDGE (Detroit)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1886-02-03
Citations: 1 McGrath 236
Docket Number: 
Parties: ROBISON (Pros. Attorney) vs. RECORDERS’ COURT JUDGE (Detroit),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 236–236

Head Matter:
ROBISON (Pros. Attorney) vs. RECORDERS’ COURT JUDGE (Detroit),
59 M., 529.

Opinion:
To compel respondent to proceed to the trial of certain indictments for bribery, found in the Circuit Court for the County of Wayne, and quashed for want of jurisdiction.
Granted February 3, 1886.
Held, that while the Attorney General should represent the people in the Supreme Court, there is no rule of law preventing that court from considering an application by the prosecuting attorney of a county, to set a court in motion to proceed in a case under his control therein; that a decision quashing an indictment is reviewable, and mandamus is the more appropriate writ.