Attorney General Ex Rel. Bean v. Showley

This is a quo warranto proceeding instituted by the attorney general in behalf of the people of the State of Michigan on the relation of Sherman M. Bean. The resignation on January 25, 1943, of the former incumbent of the office of circuit court commissioner in Genesee county created a vacancy in that office. Immediately following such resignation the two probate judges of Genesee county, the county clerk and the prosecuting attorney assembled and, assuming to act under statutory authority (1 Comp. Laws 1929, § 3369 [Stat. Ann. § 6.715]), appointed defendant Dale Showley as circuit court…