Elliott v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Wayne; full bench. Mandamus by William H. Elliott and others to compel the city of Detroit, its common council and clerk, to refrain from further action looking to the submission to the electors of said city, under Act No. 452, Local Acts 1899, of certain proposed amendments to the city charter, one relating to municipal franchises in general, and the other providing for the creation of a street-railway commission.
1Opinion of the Court
*612The opinion in the court below was written by Judge Frazer, and was concurred in by all of his associates except Judge Hosmer, who concurred in the result reached. The opinion reads as follows:
* “Petitions in these two cases were filed, asking the court to issue a writ of mandamus commanding the said city of Detroit, and the common council of said city, and the city clerk of said city, to desist and refrain from proceeding further to publish certain notices mentioned in said petitions, and from incurring any expense in the publication thereof, and from paying any expense heretofore incurred…
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