Vernor v. Secretary of State
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by James Vernor and another against Frederick C. Martindale, secretary of State, to compel the respondent to accept the license fee for motor vehicles required before the enactment of Act No. 181, Pub. Acts 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The relators have petitioned this court for a writ of mandamus to compel the secretary of State to grant them licenses for their automobiles for the year 1914, under the provisions of Act No. 318 of the Public Acts of 1909 (2 How. Stat. [2d Ed.] § 2487), alleging, among other things, that Act No. 181 of the Public Acts of 1913, which is amendatory of Act No. 318, is unconstitutional and void. The suit is brought to test the constitutionality of the act of 1913.
Relators, in their petition, claim that the secretary of State should have granted their application be*159cause said amendatory Act No.…
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