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Michigan Constitution of 1963 / Article VI § 13

Joint Resolution No. 12 of 1893

January 19, 1894; Approved 62,023 to 48,797 (56%)

Article VI

Sec. 8: The circuit courts shall have original jurisdiction in all matters civil and criminal, not excepted in this constitution, and not prohibited by law; and appellate jurisdiction from all inferior courts and tribunals, and a supervisory control of the same. They shall also have power to issue writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, injunction, quo warranto, certiorari, and other writs necessary to carry into effect their orders, judgments and decrees, and give them a general control over inferior courts and tribunals within their respective jurisdictions and in all such other cases and matters as the Supreme Court shall by rule prescribe.

Sources

  • Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1909-1910, p. 555 (HathiTrust)
  • Public Acts and Joint and Concurrent Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1893, pp. 434–435 (HathiTrust)
  • Public Acts and Joint and Concurrent Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1893, p. 452 (HathiTrust)

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