Skutt v. Kent Circuit Judge

Michigan Supreme Court

Skutt v. Kent Circuit Judge

99 N.W. 405, 136 Mich. 477, 1904 Mich. LEXIS 726

CourtMichigan Supreme Court

DecidedMay 5, 1904

DocketCalendar No. 20,445

StatusPublished

Cited by8 cases

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Skutt v. Kent Circuit Judge, 99 N.W. 405, 136 Mich. 477, 1904 Mich. LEXIS 726 (Mich. 1904).

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Per Curiam.

Relator was defendant in a suit reversed by this court because a settlement made with the plain[478]*478tiff was not admissible under the plea of the general issue. See Sunlin v. Skutt, 133 Mich. 208 (94 N. W. 733). After the remittitur was filed in the circuit court, respondent granted a motion of defendant to amend his plea by adding notice of settlement. Later, respondent set aside the order granting said motion, on the ground that he had exceeded his power in granting it. The position of the respondent was that, the case having been appealed from the justice to the circuit court, the granting of said motion made such-a change of the issue as to be prohibited by the decisions of this court. See Loranger v. Davidson, 110 Mich. 605 (68 N. W. 426), and cases there cited. Relator claims that respondent had power to make the first-mentioned order, and seeks by mandamus to compel the vacation of said last-mentioned order.

Under the decision of Anderson Carriage Co. v. Pungs, 127 Mich., at page 546 (86 N. W. 1040), relator can, if he is right in his present contention, obtain complete relief by having a final judgment against him reviewed upon writ of error. We are bound to say, under our recent decisions (see St. Clair Tunnel Co. v. St. Clair Circuit Judge, 114 Mich. 417 [72 N. W. 249], Blackburn v. Alpena Circuit Judge, ante, 48 [98 N. W. 754], and Cattermole v. Ionia Circuit Judge, ante, 274 [99 N. W. 1]), that the remedy by writ of error is entirely adequate, and that therefore the mandamus applied for should be denied, with costs.

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Per Curiam.

Relator was defendant in a suit reversed by this court because a settlement made with the plain[478]*478tiff was not admissible under the plea of the general issue. See Sunlin v. Skutt, 133 Mich. 208 (94 N. W. 733). After the remittitur was filed in the circuit court, respondent granted a motion of defendant to amend his plea by adding notice of settlement. Later, respondent set aside the order granting said motion, on the ground that he had exceeded his power in granting it. The position of the respondent was that, the case having been appealed from the justice to the circuit court, the granting of said motion made such-a change of the issue as to be prohibited by the decisions of this court. See Loranger v. Davidson, 110 Mich. 605 (68 N. W. 426), and cases there cited. Relator claims that respondent had power to make the first-mentioned order, and seeks by mandamus to compel the vacation of said last-mentioned order.

Under the decision of Anderson Carriage Co. v. Pungs, 127 Mich., at page 546 (86 N. W. 1040), relator can, if he is right in his present contention, obtain complete relief by having a final judgment against him reviewed upon writ of error. We are bound to say, under our recent decisions (see St. Clair Tunnel Co. v. St. Clair Circuit Judge, 114 Mich. 417 [72 N. W. 249], Blackburn v. Alpena Circuit Judge, ante, 48 [98 N. W. 754], and Cattermole v. Ionia Circuit Judge, ante, 274 [99 N. W. 1]), that the remedy by writ of error is entirely adequate, and that therefore the mandamus applied for should be denied, with costs.

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