People ex rel. Attorney General v. Burch
Michigan Supreme Court
Quo warranto. Information in the nature of quo warranto to test title of respondent to the office of circuit judge for the county of Kent. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
This is a proceeding in the nature of a quo warranto, to test the right of the respondent to hold the office of a judge of the circuit court for the county of Kent.
At the general election in the spring of 1889 an amendment to article 6, § 6, of the Constitution was adopted, providing that the Legislature might provide for the election of more.than one circuit judge in the judicial circuit in which the county- of Kent is or may be situated. The amendment also provided that it should take effect from the time of its adoption. The Legislature, then being in *410session, thereupon passed Act No. 97,…
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