Albert v. Gibson

Relators filed a petition in the circuit court for the county of Saginaw, asking that an order be granted requiring respondent, the county drain commissioner of Saginaw county, to show cause why a peremptory mandamus should not issue to compel him to take action upon an application presented to him by relators, as freeholders of the townships of Albee and Maple Grove in said county, for the construction of a public drain. Relators’ application was in due form under the general drain law, but respondent refused to entertain it or act upon it, for the reasons:

1. That not one-third of the…