Graham v. Board of Supervisors
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Manistee; Withey, J. Mandamus by William J. Graham against the Board of Supervisors of Manistee County to compel respondent to reconvene and to submit the question to vote of the qualified electors of said county as to whether the manufacture of liquors and the liquor traffic should be prohibited within said county. An order denying the writ is reviewed by relator on certiorari.
1DissentBrooke, J.
This is certiorari to mandamus. Certain qualified electors of the county of •Manistee filed petitions with the county clerk of said county asking for the submission of the prohibition question to the electors of said county. The county clerk, as was his duty under the statute, reported the facts to the board of supervisors. From his report it appears:
*164(1) The total number of signatures attached to the several petitions was 1/390.(2) The affidavit as to the genuineness of 26 of the signatures to one of said petitions was taken before an official not authorized to administer oaths in Mibhigan.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Attorney General ex rel. Reynolds v. MayMichigan Supreme Court · 1893
- Kern v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
- Ehinger v. GrahamMichigan Supreme Court · 1916
- Rutledge v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
3Cited by1 opinion
- Anker v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1916