Public Schools v. Laan
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Muskegon; Vanderwerp (John), J. Mandamus by the public schools of the city of Muskegon to compel John Vander Laan, president of the board of education of Muskegon, to sign certain bonds. From an order granting the writ, defendant brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
The board of education of the public schools of the city of Muskegon, a school district organized under Act No. 281, Local Acts 1899, asked the electors of the district to authorize the erection within the district of three new school buildings.
*86Section 19 of the local act provides:, “That said board shall not have the authority to erect any school building, the expense of which shall exceed fifteen thousand dollars, until the question of the propriety of the erection of such building shall have first been submitted to the electors of said district and by them authorized at an annual or…
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