Thompson v. Secretary of State
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by Ethan W. Thompson and others against Coleman C. Vaughan, secretary of State, to compel a recanvass of petitions for a referendum filed in the office of the secretary of State, and to secure a lawful submission of the question to the electors.
1Opinion of the CourtPerson, J.
This is an application for a writ of mandamus by which the secretary of State shall be *515required to recanvass a petition filed with him under the referendum clause of the Constitution. Some phases of the ease were necessarily considered by this court in the framing of an issue of fact under the pleadings. 191 Mich. 303 (157 N. W. 1067). That issue, namely, “Do the petitions from Kent and Wayne counties, on file with the secretary of State, appear, upon their face to be regular and to comply with the constitutional provision, article 5, section 1?” was reserved by this court to be determined…
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