Wheeler v. Coleman
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Van Burén; Des Voignes, J. Quo warranto by Oscar Wheeler against Arthur Coleman to determine title to the office of township treasurer. Judgment for relator. Respondent brings error. In this case relator and respondent were rival candidates for the office of treasurer for the township of Antwerp.
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Error to Van Burén; Des Voignes, J. Quo warranto by Oscar Wheeler against Arthur Coleman to determine title to the office of township treasurer. Judgment for relator. Respondent brings error. In this case relator and respondent were rival candidates for the office of treasurer for the township of Antwerp. The election was held April 1, 1912. At the close of the polls on election day the vote was canvassed by the members of the board, and it was publicly announced by the chairman thereof that relator had received 213 votes and respondent 209 votes. At the conclusion of the canvass, and after…
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
(after stating the facts). It is the contention of respondent: (1) That the court erred in directing a verdict for relator; (2) that the court erred in not directing a verdict for respondent; (3) that the court erred in not admitting in evidence the ballots said to have been cast at the election, and in not submitting the question to the jury. We deem it unnecessary to follow respondent’s counsel in his legal argument. The undisputed facts in the case fully warranted the action taken by the court below.
Assuming that the ballot box was properly locked, sealed, and cared for on the night of…
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