Legal Opinion
Quandt v. Schwass
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided November 10, 1938No. Calendar 39,934PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBushnell, J.
On June 22,1937, the six members of the common council of the village of Allen Park, township of Ecorse, Wayne county, divided three to three on the following resolution:
“Resolved that: The appointment by the president of John L. Riopelle as justice of the peace, to hear village ordinance cases, be and the same hereby is ratified.”
The president of the village cast the deciding affirmative vote.
Petitioner, Elmer Quandt, a justice of the peace of Ecorse township, applied to the circuit court for a writ of mandamus to compel the village council to repeal the resolution, asserting that it…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by9 opinions
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