Sherwood v. Rynearson
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Berrien; Coolidge, J. Mandamus by Jerry Sherwood to compel Isaiah Rynearson, township clerk, and George L. Stevens, supervisor, of the township of Three Oaks, to lay an assessment roll before the board of supervisors. There was an order denying the writ, and relator brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, O. J.
The relator filed his petition in the circuit court' praying that a writ of mandamus issue commanding the respondents, who are respectively the clerk and supervisor of the township of Three Oaks, to take the statutory steps to lay the Close Drain special assessment roll before the board of supervisors. The respondents answered. The petitioner demurred to the respondents’ answer. The court overruled the demurrer. The relator brings the proceedings to this court by certiorari.
He claims that proceedings were taken by the county drain commissioner of Berrien county for the purpose of…
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