Sterling v. Regents of University
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by Charles F. Sterling to compel the Regents of the University of Michigan to comply with Act No. 257, Pub. Acts 1895, providing for the removal of the homeopathic medical college from Ann Arbor to Detroit. In 1895 the legislature passed Act No. 257, Pub.
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Mandamus by Charles F. Sterling to compel the Regents of the University of Michigan to comply with Act No. 257, Pub. Acts 1895, providing for the removal of the homeopathic medical college from Ann Arbor to Detroit. In 1895 the legislature passed Act No. 257, Pub. Acts 1895, the material part of which reads as follows: ‘ ‘ That the board of regents of the University of Michigan are hereby authorized and directed to establish a homeopathic medical college as a branch or department of said University, which shall be located in the city of Detroit, and the said board of regents are hereby…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
(after stating the facts). 1. The petitioner does not in his petition show any interest in the matter, or the right to question the action of the board of regents. The attorney general is the proper party to move in such a case, and a private citizen does not pos*373sess the right, without permission of the court, to apply for this writ to compel a public board to perform an omitted duty. People v. Regents of University of Michigan, 4 Mich. 98. The petition in this case does not set forth that the petitioner is a citizen of the State, or that he is in any manner injured by the action of the…
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