Case Name: McDERMID vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Wayne)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1894-04-03
Citations: 1 McGrath 84
Docket Number: No. 14121½
Parties: McDERMID vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Wayne),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 84–88

Head Matter:
McDERMID vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Wayne),
No. 14121½.

Opinion:
To quash a capias because of the insufficiency of the affidavit.
Order to show cause denied April 3, 1894.
The affidavit set forth that to secure relator against a contingent liability, plaintiff deposited with him certain bonds; that plaintiff had since paid and discharged the contingent liability and demanded the bonds; that relator refused to surrender the bonds, and that said relator "did then and there convert the bonds to his own use."
Relator contended that the words quoted are simply a statement of a legal conclusion.