Attorney General ex rel. Graves v. Mayor of Adrian
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Lenawee; O’Mealey, J. Mandamus by John E. Bird, attorney general, on the relation of Benjamin F. Graves, against the mayor and common council of the city of Adrian, to require the appropriation of necessary expenses for a charter commission. A denial of the writ is reviewed by relator on certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909,. entitled, “An act to provide for the incorporation of cities,” etc., contains provisions intended to authorize and prescribe a method whereby charters of cities may be adopted, revised, and amended without further action by the legislature. Revision of its existing charter was attempted by the city of Adrian, and this proceeding by way of mandamus was commenced in the circuit court to compel the mayor and common council to take some of the statutory steps which they had declined to do. The writ having been denied, the cause has been brought to this…
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