Doyle v. Election Commission of Detroit

These two mandamus cases were consolidated and heard together and will be so disposed of. Both are brought to compel action by the board of election commissioners of the city of Detroit. The first by Lillian Doyle who was denied, by defendants, the right to file her petitions for nomination for judge of the court of common pleas of Detroit for a term commencing immediately after the election and ending July 3, 1935, on the ground that Act No. 332, Pub. Acts 1931, is unconstitutional so far as it attempts to extend the term of office of the judges of the court of common pleas for a period of…