Legal Opinion
Coxe v. Carson
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 22, 1916No. Docket No. 34PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Error to Grand Traverse; Mayne, J. Quo warranto proceedings by Thomas H. Coxe and another against Benjamin F. Carson to determine the title to the office of police marshal of the city of Traverse City. Judgment dismissing the information. Relators bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This is a proceeding to review the action of the trial judge in dismissing the information filed by the relator. The respondent is police marshal of the city of Traverse City, which city is incorporated under the provisions of Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, and the amendments thereto. The provisions of the charter relative to the qualifications of officers are:
*305“Sec. 34. No person shall be eligible as a candidate for any elective office in said city, unless he shall be twenty-five years of age, a citizen of the United States and of the State of Michigan, and shall have resided in said…
2Cited by1 opinion
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