Attorney General ex rel. Reynolds v. May
Michigan Supreme Court
Information in tbe nature of quo warranto to determine tbe title to tbe office of clerk of Wayne county. Issues of fact were sent to tbe Oakland circuit for trial, upon wbicb tbe jury found in favor of relator, wbo now moves for judgment of ouster. The facts are stated in tbe opinions, and in 94 Mich. 505, 97 Id. 568.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
This is an information in the nature of a quo warranto to determine the question whether the relator or the respondent received the greater number of legal votes cast in the county of Wayne at the general election held November 8, 1892, for the office of county clerk.
The original election returns, as certified by the inspect'ors of election and returned to the office of the county clerk, show that the relator received 26,821 votes, and the respondent 26,799, or a majority for the relator of 22 votes. A recount was had under Act No. 208, Laws of 1887 (3 How. Stat. § 234»), by which it was…
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