People ex rel. Royce v. Goodwin
Michigan Supreme Court
Information in the ■ nature of a quo warranto% The nature of the case and the facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell, Ch. J.
This is a proceeding in the nature of a quo warranto, to determine the right of Hon. Daniel Goodwin to exercise the functions of Circuit Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit. Having pleaded his election, and the determination of the Board of State Canvassers in his favor, the Attorney General replied by several replications, presenting a number of questions supposed to be material. These are demurred to, except one that offered an-issue to the country, on the question whether respondent received the largest number of votes.
The principal question presented is whether the…
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