Friesner v. Common Council

The petitioner asks for a mandamus to compel the respondent to approve his bond as a retail liquor dealer, setting out in his petition that the people -of Eaton county had voted for the prohibition of the liquor traffic, under Act No. 207, Laws of 1889, commonly called the “Local Option Law.” The relator sets up certain alleged irregularities in the action taken preliminary to the vote, and also alleges that in one township, Oneida, the township board failed to divide the township into election districts, as required by Act No. 190, Laws of 1891. It cannot be held, however, that this neglect…