Werstein v. Board of Supervisors
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Calhoun; North, J. Mandamus by Leopold Werstein and others to compel the board of supervisors of Calhoun county to reconvene and set aside proceedings for the submission of the question of prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor in said county. There was an order denying the writ, and relators bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
The board of supervisors of the county of Calhoun, in January last, determined to submit to the electors the question of the prohibition within the county of the manufacture of liquor and the liquor traffic. Upon the application of certain persons claiming to be interested, the circuit court for that county granted, and there was issued and returned, an order to said board to show cause why it should not reconvene and set aside the proceedings in the premises. An answer was filed, was traversed as to various facts therein stated and as to various denials of allegations of the petition, and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Thomas v. AbbottMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
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- Attorney General v. Van Buren Circuit JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1906
- Koerber v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1909
- Covert v. MunsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
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