Removed & Rejected / 1850 Schedule

1850 Schedule § 10

Jurisdiction of pending suits.

History

Constitution of 1963

April 1, 1963; Constitutional Convention of 1961-1962

Excluded; Approved 810,860 to 803,436 (50%); Effective January 1, 1964

Constitution of 1908

November 3, 1908; Constitutional Convention of 1907-1908

Excluded; Approved 244,705 to 130,873 (65%); Effective January 1, 1909

Constitution of 1850

November 3, 1874; Constitutional Convention of 1873

Excluded; Rejected 39,285 to 124,034 (24%)

April 6, 1868; Constitutional Convention of 1867

Excluded; Rejected 71,733 to 110,582 (39%)

November 5, 1850; Constitutional Convention of 1850

Const 1850, schedule, § 10; Approved 36,169 to 9,433 (79%); Effective January 1, 1851

Approved Text

On the first day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, the jurisdiction of all suits and proceedings then pending in the present supreme courts, shall become vested in the supreme court established by this constitution, and shall be finally adjudicated by the court where the same may be pending. The jurisdiction of all suits and proceedings at law and equity, then pending in the circuit courts and county courts for the several counties, shall become vested in the circuit courts of the said counties, and district court for the Upper Peninsula.

Sources

The Revised Constitution of the State of Michigan, Adopted in Convention, August 15, 1850, pp. 34–35 (HathiTrust)