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Alward v. Board of Supervisors

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1915No. Calendar No. 26,757PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Certiorari by Neal Alward against the board of supervisors of Oakland county and others to review the action of said board in suspending the operation of the general liquor law in Oakland county.

1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.

At the election held April 5, 1915, in Oakland county, there was submitted to the electors *575the proposition: “Shall the manufacture of liquor and the liquor traffic be prohibited within the county?” It appears from the transcript of the record of the board of supervisors of Oakland county, about the accuracy of which no question is made, that on April 15, 1915, said board being in session, a committee of the board, earlier appointed, reported a canvass of the votes cast at the election which showed, in conformity with" the returns of the election inspectors, that 6,367 votes had been cast in…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Bradley v. Board of State CanvassersMichigan Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Thomas v. AbbottMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
  3. May v. Board of CanvassersMichigan Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Keith v. WendtMichigan Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Ritze v. Board of CanvassersMichigan Supreme Court · 1912

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Rapid Railway Co. v. Michigan Public Utilities CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1923
  2. Baldwin v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1915
  3. Hartley v. Board of CanvassersMichigan Supreme Court · 1919
  4. Charter Co of Wayne v. Wayne Co Retirement CommissionMichigan Court of Appeals · 2019

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