Michigan Supreme Court April 21, 1880 (Raynsford v. Phelps)

Cooley, J.

It was decided in Rowning v. Goodchild 2 W. Bl. 906 that a public officer having ministerial duties to perform,- in which a private individual has a special and direct interest, is liable to such individual for any injury sustained by him in consequence of the failure to perform such duties.