North v. Cady
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Calhoun; Collingwood, J., presiding. Mandamus by Walter H. North against Willis A. Cady, county clerk of Calhoun county, to compel respondent to certify the name and address of relator as a candidate for nomination to the office of circuit judge in said county. From an order denying the writ, relator brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
The petition for writ of mandamus and the answer thereto filed in this cause raise the legal question whether it is necessary to hold a primary election for the office of circuit judge when there is but one candidate among all the political parties who has filed his petitions therefor.
The plaintiff is the sole candidate for the office of circuit judge in Calhoun county. The respondent takes the position that, under the circumstances, it is unnecessary to certify plaintiff’s name to the board of election commissioners, and unnecessary to hold a primary election for the office of circuit judge,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brown v. Board of Election CommissionersMichigan Supreme Court · 1913
3Cited by1 opinion
- Lawlor v. Chicago Board of Election CommissionersDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1975