Attorney General ex rel. Barbour v. Lindsay
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Van Zile, Hosmer, Mandell, Codd, and Hally, JJ. Bill by Grant Fellows, attorney general, on the relation of George H. Barbour, Fred T. Moran, and Charles A. Ducharme, against Richard Lindsay and others, board of election commissioners of the city of Detroit, and Oscar B. Marx, mayor, for an injunction. From a decree dismissing complainants’ bill, they appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAlvay, C. J.
Upon relation of certain residents and taxpayers of the city of Detroit, the attorney general filed this information, to test the validity of what is known as the municipal ownership amendment to the charter of the city of Detroit, and also the constitutionality of the statute under which such charter amendment was submitted by reason of its having been given immediate effect. The statute referred to is called the “Verdier act,” passed by the legislature and approved March 11, 1913 (Act No. 5, Pub. Acts 1913), as an amendment to Act No. 279, Pub. Acts of 1909, and was given immediate effect.
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