School District No. 9 v. School District No. 5

Michigan Supreme Court

School District No. 9 v. School District No. 5

1 McGrath 1401, 40 McGrath 551

DecidedJuly 1, 1892

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School District No. 9 v. School District No. 5, 1 McGrath 1401, 40 McGrath 551 (Mich. 1892).

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Opinion

Mandamus for the payment of money can issue at the instance of one municipal corporation against another only when there are statutory or legal relations between them to authorize it and-the obligation to pay has been liquidated. An action for money had and received is the only proceeding by which to liquidate a demand against a municipal corporation for money belonging to the plaintiff and wrongfully in its possession.

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Mandamus for the payment of money can issue at the instance of one municipal corporation against another only when there are statutory or legal relations between them to authorize it and-the obligation to pay has been liquidated. An action for money had and received is the only proceeding by which to liquidate a demand against a municipal corporation for money belonging to the plaintiff and wrongfully in its possession.

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1 McGrath 1401, 40 McGrath 551, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/school-district-no-9-v-school-district-no-5-mich-1892.