People ex rel. Dickinson v. Sackett
Michigan Supreme Court
Information in the nature of a quo warranto. In this cause certain issues of fact, arising upon the several pleas of the defendant, were referred for trial to the Circuit Court for the County of Macomb. A trial by jury was had in said Circuit Court, and the verdict returned to this Court. The defendant now moved for a new trial of said issues, and for leave to amend the pleadings, upon the grounds stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Cooley J.
In this case an information was filed to try the right of the defendant to the office of Register of Deeds for the County of Macomb. It appears from the papers before us that the relator and the defendant were opposing candidates for the office, and that the former appeared by the canvass to have a majority of eight of the votes legally cast; but the certificate of election was awarded to the defendant, and he has since been the actual incumbent. The principal questions raised by the *245pleadings ar% first, a fraudulent substitution of ballots in the township of Sterling for those cast…
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