Case Name: The People ex rel Schuyler H. Platt v. The Highway Commissioner of the Township of Clay
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1878-01-29
Citations: 38 Mich. 247
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People ex rel Schuyler H. Platt v. The Highway Commissioner of the Township of Clay.
Judges: The other Justices concurred.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 38
Pages: 247–248

Head Matter:
The People ex rel Schuyler H. Platt v. The Highway Commissioner of the Township of Clay.
Notice of proceedings to open a highway.
The ten days’ notice of proceedings to determine the necessity of a public highway excludes the day of service as well as of meeting.
Certiorari to highway commissioner and township clerk.
Submitted October 24, 1877.
Decided January 29, 1878.
The fact is stated.
V. A. Saph and P. N. Packard (on brief) for plaintiff in certiorari.
Atkinson & Atkinson for defendant in certiorari.

Opinion:
Marston, J.
The commissioner of highways caused a notice to be served on Platt December 31st, 1875, that a meeting would be held at a certain place on January 10th, 1876, to ascertain and determine the necessity of laying out a certain highway. The statute, Public Laws of 1875, p. 92, § 1253, required the notice to be served "at least ten days before the time of said meeting." This language excludes the day on which the meeting is to be held, and requires ten full days' notice, and under the well settled rule in this State, under such a requirement the day of service is also excluded. Sallee v. Ireland, 9 Mich., 157; Warren v. Slade, 23 Mich., 1. The commissioner had no jurisdiction, and the proceedings must be reversed and quashed, with costs.
The other Justices concurred.