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Coffin v. Board of Election Commissioners

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 24, 1893PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Mandamus. Relators Coffin and Burnett applied for mandamus to compel the first-named respondents to provide means for carrying out the provisions of Act No. 138, Laws of 1893; and relators Kennedy and Potter, to restrain the registration of women thereunder.

1Opinion of the CourtMcGrath, J.

These proceedings are instituted to test the validity of Act No. 138, Laws of 1893, which is as follows:

“ Section 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That in all school, village, and city elections hereafter held in this State women who are able to read the Constitution of the State of Michigan, printed in the English language, shall be allowed to vote for all school, village, and city officers, and on all questions pertaining- to school, village, and city regulations, on the same terms and conditions prescribed by law for male citizens. Before any woman shall be registered as a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Belles v. BurrMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Attorney General v. Board of CouncilmenMichigan Supreme Court · 1885
  3. State ex rel. Crosby v. ConesNebraska Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Wheeler v. BradySupreme Court of Kansas · 1875

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Coggeshall v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
  2. duPont v. MillsSuperior Court of Delaware · 1937
  3. Large Oil Co. v. HowardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
  4. State ex rel. Gibson v. MonahanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1905
  5. People v. ElkusCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1922

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