Attorney General ex rel. City of Monroe v. Toledo & Monroe Railway

This is a quo warranto proceeding. Some information will be afforded in relation to the questions involved by a reference to the opinions in Ilgenfritz v. Railway, 136 Mich. 634, and City of Monroe v. Railway, 143 Mich. 315. By the writ of quo warranto the relator seeks 1o quash the charter of the Monroe Traction Company and to oust the other two defendants from taking, holding, or operating the street-railway franchise *474granted by the city of Monroe to the Monroe Traction Company. The claim of the relator is summarized in the brief of counsel. It is claimed defendants have violated State law…