Keith v. Wendt
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Wayne; Rohnert, J. Mandamus by Evelyn Keith and others to compel Albert Wendt and others, composing the common council of the village of Eairview, to declare relators elected to certain offices and to issue certificates therefor. There was an order granting the writ, and respondents bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This is certiorari to review the decision of the circuit judge made on an application for mandamus to require the respondents, who constitute the common council of the village of Fairview, to declare the relators, who were candidates for village offices, elected to the various offices for which they were candidates.
The petition sets out that the relators were, according to the declaration made on election day, elected; that, after such declaration was made, the ballot box was not kept in the manner required by statute; that the defeated candidates had applied for a recount of the ballots; and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- May v. Board of CanvassersMichigan Supreme Court · 1893
3Cited by8 opinions
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- Campbell v. MurrayMichigan Supreme Court · 1921
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