Sec. 53. The prosecuting attorneys shall, in their respective counties, appear for the state or county, and prosecute or defend in all the courts of the county, all prosecutions, suits, applications and motions whether civil or criminal, in which the state or county may be a party or interested.
Prosecuting attorney; duties.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 49.153, under Revised Statutes of 1846.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 49.153