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McPHERSON v. BLACKER

No. 1170.

146 U.S. 1 (1892)

McPHERSON v. BLACKER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 17, 1892.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry M. Duffield, Mr. Fisher A. Baker, and Mr. Attorney General for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. A.A. Ellis, Attorney General of the State of Michigan, (with whom was Mr. John W. Champlin on the brief,) and Mr. Otto Kirchner, for defendant in error, said, on the question of jurisdiction:

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.1

The Supreme Court of Michigan held in effect that if the act in question were invalid, the proper remedy had been sought. In other words, if the court had been of opinion that the act was void, the writ of mandamus...

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