Baldwin v. Board of Supervisors
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Alger; Fead, J. Mandamus by Frederick J. Baldwin and others against the board of supervisors of Alger county to compel respondents to amend their return of a recount of the ballots cast at a local option election. From an order denying the writ, relators bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
Although issues of fact were framed and tried by the court, none of the testimony is returned or made part of the record. The plaintiffs in certiorari (relators) adopt the finding made by the circuit judge as “a true, correct, and adequate statement of the facts relative to this controversy.”
A local option election was held in. Alger county in April, 1915. The board of supervisors canvassed the returns, and from them found that 768 votes had been cast in favor of and 766 votes against prohibition. Petitions for a recount of the votes in several precincts were filed. One asked for a recount of…
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