Legal Opinion
Kenaston v. Riker
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided October 29, 1906No. Calendar No. 21,567PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Certiorari to Barry; Smith, J. Mandamus by Alonzo E. Kenaston to compel Marcus "W. Riker, justice of the peace, to issue a warrant against Erank Herrick for a violation of an ordinance. There was an order denying the writ, and relator brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtBlair, J.
On July 5, 1905, relator applied to respondent, one of the justices of the peace of the city of Hastings, to take his complaint and issue a warrant against one Herrick for the offense of violating an ordinance of ■the city entitled:
*164“An ordinance relative to licensing the keeping of saloons in the city of Hastings and the conduct thereof, and prescribing penalties for its violation.”
The respondent refused to accept the complaint and issue the warrant, upon .the ground that the ordinance was invalid for various reasons. Thereupon, relator applied to the circuit court for a writ of mandamus to…
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