Fuller v. Ellis
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus. Delator applied for mandamus to compel respondent to-file an information in the nature of quo warranto to test tbe title to the office of warden of the State House of Correction at Ionia. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, C. J.
The relator claims the office of warden of the State House of Correction, and applies for a man-*98damns to compel the Attorney General to file an information in the nature of quo warranto against the present incumbent. The respondent’s answer sets up several reasons for refusing, viz.:
1. The unconstitutionality of Act No. 118, Laws of 1893, under which relator claims his appointment.
2. The want of sufficiently specific charges against the present incumbent in the proceedings for removal.
3. The disqualification of the .board of control to pass upon the charges, by reason of the fact that one of…
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