People ex rel. Bolt v. Riordan
Michigan Supreme Court
Quo warranto. Information in the nature of a quo warranto filed by the Attorney General to test the right of respondent to a seat on the board of supervisors of Muskegon county. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
This is an information filed by the Attorney General against the respondent for intruding into and usurping the office of supervisor of a pretended supervisor district in the city of Muskegon. At its session of 1887 the Legislature of this State passed an act entitled—
“An act to revise the charter of the city of Muskegon, and to define the boundaries of said city.” Act No. 415, Local Acts of 1887.
By section 3, tit. 1, of said act, the city of Muskegon was divided into five wards, and there were given by said section to each of said wards two supervisor districts. Section 1, tit. 4, of said…
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