Case Name: The People ex rel. Foley v. Augustus Kopplekom
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1867-10-08
Citations: 16 Mich. 61
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People ex rel. Foley v. Augustus Kopplekom.
Judges: 
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 16
Pages: 61–61

Head Matter:
The People ex rel. Foley v. Augustus Kopplekom.
Quo warranto: Notice of hearing: Report of pj’oceedings. Notices of hearing may be given in quo warranto cases before the filing of the report of the proceedings in the Circuit Court; the case being considered as having always been in the Supreme Court.
Heard and decided October 8th.
Quo warranto.
This was a motion to strike the cause from the docket, by reason of tbe notice of hearing being premature.
It appeared that tbe issue in tbis case was sent down to tbe Houghton Circuit Court for trial, but that tbe return of tbe proceedings of said trial bad not been filed in tbis court when tbe notice of bearing was served.
<?. V. N. Lothrojp, for tbe motion.
W. L. Stoughton, Attorney General, contra.

Opinion:
Tbe court
held that tbe notice was good, as tbe case must be considered as having always been in tbis court; tbe trial of tbe issue being ordered to enable tbis court to give final judgment upon tbe verdict, and not being an original proceeding in tbe circuit.