Detroit Museum of Art v. Engel
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Wayne; Van Zile, J. Mandamus by the Detroit Museum of Art and another against George Engel, controller of the city of Detroit, to compel respondent to sign a voucher to pay the salary of the acting director of relator from public funds. An order granting the writ is reviewed by respondent on certiorari:
1DissentMoore, J.
In the spring of 1885, 40 residents of the city of Detroit, each of whom had contributed $1,000, organized the Detroit Museum of Art. That organization was made under Act No. 3 Pub. Acts 1885, entitled “An act for the formation of corporations for the cultivation of art.” Some of the provisions of the act read:
“Such corporations shall have power to acquire and hold such real estate as is suitable for the site of such art buildings as it may erect or maintain thereon, to receive and use such gifts, contributions, devises, and bequests as may be made to it for art purposes; to receive, acquire,…
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