Case Name: YAWKEY vs. RICHARDSON ET AL.
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1881
Citations: 1 McGrath 312
Docket Number: 
Parties: YAWKEY vs. RICHARDSON ET AL.,
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 312–316

Head Matter:
YAWKEY vs. RICHARDSON ET AL.,
9 M., 528.

Opinion:
Yawkey, a non-resident, was joined as defendant with one Emerson, for the purpose of defeating Yawkey's right to have -the case removed to the Federal Court, and plaintiff was allowed on the trial to discontinue as to Emerson. Denfendant in error insisted that liberty to discontinue under the rule was, if not an absolute right, at least in the uncontrolled discretion of the court, and if controllable, it was by a mandamus and not by •exception.
The court discussed the question, but did not determine it, and reversed the judgment on the exception.