JUDGES - DE FACTO JUDGE - SPECIAL JUDGE HOLDING OVER AFTER TERM OF ASSIGNMENT EXPIRES

Authors

Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

A district judge, specially assigned to a court other than his own for a term of one week, continued to hold the position after the period had expired under the belief that his assignment covered a longer period, and tried this case after the expiration of the one week period. All attorneys, assuming that the assignment covered a longer period, acted in the case without objection to the judge. The parties did not specifically agree upon him as a special judge. After verdict for defendant, plaintiff moved to vacate. Held, the judge was a de facto judge, and his decision is valid. Oklahoma Transportation Co. v. Lewis, 177 Okla. 106, 58 P. (2d) 128 (1936).

Recommended Citation

Michigan Law Review, JUDGES - DE FACTO JUDGE - SPECIAL JUDGE HOLDING OVER AFTER TERM OF ASSIGNMENT EXPIRES, 35 Mich. L. Rev. 1180 (1937).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol35/iss7/18