Post v. Township Board of Sparta

Campbell, O. J.

This application is for a mandamus to compel the approval of a liquor bond. The chief grounds of complaint were the alleged unreasonable conduct of the board in conducting an investigation into the property of the sureties of the applicant, and in their excluding from consideration the personal property of the sureties, and that their action was inquisitorial, and for the purpose of enabling the assessing officer of the township to enlarge their assessment.

The answer, which is not put in issue, and must be accepted as true, denies that the board’s action was based on any…