Stewart v. Royal Oak Township Clerk

Boyal Oak Township is an unchartered township situated in Oakland County, Michigan, organized under and pursuant to the Constitution and statutes of the State of Michigan.

Prior to October 20, 1966, the township board consisted of a supervisor, a treasurer, a clerk and four trustees. Having been convicted of infamous crimes, the treasurer and a trustee were removed from office. One of the vacancies, that of treasurer, was filled by the remaining township board’s appointment of an acting treasurer.

The conflict causing this appeal developed at the October 20,1966, regularly scheduled board…