Attorney General Ex Rel. Cook v. Burhans

Tbe attorney general, ex rel. Franklin M. Cook, by information in tbe nature of qilo warranto, seeks ouster of defendant from tbe office of 'regent of tbe University of Michigan on tbe, ground that be has no legal right to tbe office and is a mere usurper therein and also asks tbe court to adjudicate that Franklin M. Cook is tbe regent. Defendant by answer asserts right to bold tbe office by valid election thereto. At tbe biennial State election in April, 1941, two regents of tbe University of Michigan were to be elected and defendant was a candidate. At that time he was a member of the State…