Board of Supervisors v. Wayne Circuit Judges
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by the board of supervisors of the county of Wayne to compel tbe circuit judges of Wayne county to vacate a preliminary injunction. Some time during the latter part of tbe year 1891 the supervisors of Wayne county took proceedings for the purchase of a site for, and the erection of, a courthouse and other buildings.
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Mandamus by the board of supervisors of the county of Wayne to compel tbe circuit judges of Wayne county to vacate a preliminary injunction. Some time during the latter part of tbe year 1891 the supervisors of Wayne county took proceedings for the purchase of a site for, and the erection of, a courthouse and other buildings. The question of bonding the county for $1,500,000 for that purpose was submitted to the electors, and carried by a vote of 13,308 to 3,442. That action was restrained by the court at the instance of the attorney general by decree dated December 31, 1804, for reasons…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
(after stating the facts). Two objections are raised against the proceeding: (1) That there was no legal evidence before the board of supervisors at either of their meetings, on March, 4th or May 1st, of the service upon each supervisor of the notice of the meeting, and that, without such evidence before them, it had no jurisdiction to proceed. (2) That the election in favor of said loan was obtained and procured through and by means *169of the corrupt offers or inducements to laboring men through the posters.
1. It is conceded that the notices were in proper form. The regularity of the…
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