Post v. Township Board of Sparta

On a petition filed by relator, we granted an order requiring the respondents to show cause why a mandamus should not be granted requiring them to approve of the sureties in a certain liquor bond to enable the relator to engage in the business of keeping a saloon in the township of Sparta, Kent county, Michigan. The penalty fixed by the township board for bonds of this kind was $6,000. The law requires at least two sureties, who shall each justify in the amount of the penalty over and above all indebtedness, exemptions, and liability on similar bonds. The law also authorizes and requires the…