Fischer v. Board of Supervisors
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Washtenaw; Einne, J. Mandamus by Rudolph J. Fischer and another to compel the board of supervisors of Washtenaw county to strike certain names from petitions asking for the submission of the question of prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquor to a vote of the people. There was an order denying the writ, and relators bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
The only question presented on the part of relators, plaintiffs in certiorari, is ‘ ‘ whether persons who have signed a local option petition can withdraw therefrom at any time before the board of supervisors has *2taken final action on the petition.” Relators are some of the petitioners who sought to withdraw their names. It is said in the note to Sim v. Rosholt, 11 L. R. A. (N. S.) 372 (16 N. Dak. 77), where the* cases upon the general subject of the right to withdraw names from a petition or remonstrance are collected, that none of them denies the right of the signer of a petition or a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Patterson v. MeadMichigan Supreme Court · 1907
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Garden City School District v. Labor Mediation BoardMichigan Supreme Court · 1959
- State ex rel. Ketterling v. GregorySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1910