Sault Ste. Marie City Commission v. Sault Ste. Marie City Attorney

On June 9, 1945, plaintiff commissioners of the city of Sault Ste. Marie, a municipal corporation organized and existing under the home-rule act, * filed petition in this Court for a writ of mandamus to compel defendant, city attorney, to approve certain contracts relating to the acquisition by the city of an electric-light plant and system, the issuance of revenue bonds, and the purchase of electricity. In response to an order to show cause defendant answered, admitting the facts set forth in the petition, but denying plaintiffs’ right to the writ on the ground that the proposed contracts…