Taggart ex rel. Jackson v. James
Michigan Supreme Court
Information in nature of quo warranto, for usurping office of superintendent of the poor of Wayne county. Demurrer to respondent’s plea of title sustained, but without costs, or final judgment on the plea. The facts are stated in the opinion, and in 73 Mich. 234.
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
In June, 1888, the Attorney General filed an information against respondent for usurping the office of a superintendent of the poor in Wayne county. Respondent demurred, but the demurrer was overruled. *734In January, 1889, respondent pleaded that he was one of the poor commissioners of Detroit, appointed in 1887 for four years, and was thereby in law made a superintendent of the poor of Wayne county. To this plea the Attorney General demurred, and this hearing is on that demurrer.
The section of the statute which in 18851 made the poor commissioners of Detroit ex officio county superin. tendents…
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