Attorney General Ex Rel. Cook v. Burhans

(concurring,) I concur in the result reached by Mr. Justice Wiest; but to avoid a possible misconstruction of our holding, I think the following should be specifically noted. Defendant while holding the office of State senator sought the nomination and election as a regent of the University of Michigan for a term which began á year before the expiration of defendant’s office as senator. Both offices are State offices and are incompatible. Under the constitutional provisions (art. 5, § 7, art. 11, § 3) and the statute (1 Comp. Laws 1929, § 3350 [Stat. Ann. § 6.693]) cited in my Brother’s…