McPherson v. Blacker
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus. Eelators applied for mandamus to compel respondent to give notice of the election of electors of President and Vice President in the manner provided by How. Stat. § 240. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
The relators, who are candidates for the office of electors of President and Vice President, placed in nomination by the Eepublican party, ask for a •mandamus to compel the respondent to give notice of an election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, to fill said offices, under the statute in former years providing for an election of electors by the State at large. The relators allege that Act No. 50 *381of the Public Acts of 1891, known as the “Miner Law,” is unconstitutional and void.
It is first averred that the law in question is in conflict with article 2, § 1,…
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