Rutledge v. Board of Supervisors
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by Caleb H. Rutledge and another to compel the board of supervisors of Marquette county to submit the question of prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor in said county.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The petition filed in this case presents *23questions arising under the provisions of Act No. 207 of the Public Acts of 1889 (2 Comp. Laws, §§ 5412-5435), as amended by Act No. 183, Pub. Acts 1899, — the “local-option law,5' so called. Relators and others circulated or caused to be circulated in all of the townships of Marquette county, except three, and in various wards of the cities of Marquette, Ishpeming, and Negaunee, petitions praying that the question, “ Should the manufacture of liquor and the liquor traffic be prohibited within the county of Marquette,” be submitted to the qualified…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Thomas v. AbbottMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
- Kern v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
- Attorney General v. Van Buren Circuit JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1906
- Koerber v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1909
- People v. HamiltonMichigan Supreme Court · 1906
3Cited by5 opinions
- State ex rel. Ketterling v. GregorySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
- Flanders v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
- Graham v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1916
- Burton v. KochMichigan Supreme Court · 1915
- Lewis v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1911