People ex rel. Attorney General v. Tisdale
Michigan Supreme Court
Motion for leave to file an information in the nature of a quo warranto, to inquire by what right Henry Tisdale claims the office of Sheriff of Jackson county.
1Opinion of the CourtFelch, J.
This is an application for leave to file an information in the nature of a quo warranto, to test the right of Henry Tisdale, the respondent, to hold the office of Sheriff of Jackson county.
The affidavit of James A. Dyer, upon which this application is founded, states that he, said Dyer, and said Tisdale, and one Harvey Austin, were put in nomination for said office of Sheriff, previous to the general election in the fall of 1842, and were the only candidates for that office ; that subsequent to the holding of said election, said Tisdale was, by the board of canvassers, declared duly elected…
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