Case Name: WILLING vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Jackson)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1844
Citations: 1 McGrath 656
Docket Number: 
Parties: WILLING vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Jackson),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 656–656

Head Matter:
WILLING vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Jackson),
1 Doug., 302.

Opinion:
To compel respondent to impanel a jury to assess the value of property replevined on process from Justice Court, where plaintiff had recovered judgment which was reversed by the Circuit Court on certiorari, and at the- next term after the reversal of the judgment defendant moved the Circuit Court for an order that a jury be impaneled to assess plaintiff's damages.
Denied 1844.
Held, that the Circuit Court had no such power as the mandamus would command it to exercise; that the Circuit Court would have power to award a restitution of the property; that the motion for assessment was made too late, and that the refusal of the Circuit Court to grant a motion for the assessment qí damages by a jusy, was not a proper foundation for the application to this court for a mandamus commanding the Circuit Court to impanel a jury to assess the value of the property replevined