Commissioners of Parks & Boulevards v. Common Council

This is a petition for mandamus to compel the common council of the city of Detroit to rescind and set aside their action appointing certain persons, who are also made parties hereto, as superintendent, assistant superintendents, engineers, assistant engineers, gate-tenders, and sweepers of Belle Isle bridge and its approaches, ••and to turn over the possession and control of said bridge to the relators, and also commanding such super-, intondént, assistant superintendents, engineers, assistant engineers, gate-tenders, and sweepers to surrender their positions so held by them under the action…