Attorney General ex rel. Battishill v. Township Board
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by John E. Bird, attorney general, on the relation of Morris Battishill, to compel the township board of the township of Springwells to reconvene and rescind a resolution in regard to an election.
1Opinion of the CourtBlair, J.
The attorney general, upon the relation of a taxpayer and elector of the village of Delray, in the township of Springwells, files his petition, praying for a writ of mandamus commanding certain action of the township board, upon the ground that Act No. 627, Local Acts 1905, under which said board took the action complained of, was unconstitutional and void. The act in question was' adopted by the legislature, approved by the governor, and given immediate effect on the 8th day of June, 1905, and is entitled:
“An act to annex certain territory situated in the township of Springwells, in the…
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