Sweet v. Smith
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Wayne; Rohnert, Brooke, Mandell, Murphy, and Hosmer, JJ. Mandamus by John Sweet and others to compel Fred W. Smith, police commissioner, and John Downey, superintendent of police, to enforce certain laws. There was an order denying an order to show cause, and relators apply for a writ of certiorari.
1Per curiam
We are asked to review an order of the circuit court for the county of Wayne denying a mandamus, prayed for by relator and others, compelling the respondent “to execute and enforce all the laws pertaining to the preservation of the Sabbath, or the first day of the week, at the baseball park of the Detroit Club.” The purpose of the proceeding was to prohibit Sunday baseball playing in the city of Detroit. It does not appear that the grievance of the petitioners is any other than that sustained by other citizens of the city of Detroit. Neither does it appear that the attorney general of the…
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