City of Detroit v. Chapin
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by the city of Detroit to compel William W. Chapin, judge of the recorder’s court of Detroit, to vacate an order quashing certain proceedings instituted by relator under the general act authorizing cities and villages to take private property for the use and benefit of the public, said order having been made upon the theory that the act mentioned had been repealed, so far as it was applicable to the city of Detroit, by Act No. 467, Local Acts 1895. By permission of…
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Mandamus by the city of Detroit to compel William W. Chapin, judge of the recorder’s court of Detroit, to vacate an order quashing certain proceedings instituted by relator under the general act authorizing cities and villages to take private property for the use and benefit of the public, said order having been made upon the theory that the act mentioned had been repealed, so far as it was applicable to the city of Detroit, by Act No. 467, Local Acts 1895. By permission of the court, briefs were also filed by Hanchett & Hanchett and B. F. Graves, on behalf of the Regents of the University,…
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
This case involves the question of the validity of an act of the legislature passed previous to the last five days of the session, and approved by the governor after the adjournment of the legislature. Its determination depends on a construction of section 14, art. 4, of the Constitution, which reads as follows:
“Every bill and concurrent resolution, except of adjournment, passed by the legislature, shall be presented to the governor before it becomes a law. If he approve, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it with his objections to the house in which it originated, which shall…
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