Attorney General v. Lewis

In April, 1907, the respondent was a candidate for the office of commissioner of schools for Otsego county, which contains less than 50 school districts. He received a majority of all votes cast, and a certificate of election, whereupon he filed his oath of office. He had held a similar office in Oscoda county continuously from July 1, 1899, to November 1, 1905, and had had experience as a teacher in public schools. On April 1, 1907,he held a first-grade certificate issued by the Oscoda county board, which had been indorsed and countersigned by the superintendent of public instruction, but he…