Abbott v. Board of Canvassers
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by W. Glen Abbott against the board of county canvassers of Montcalm county and others to compel the board to reconvene and modify their determination on recount as to the office of county clerk.
1Opinion of the CourtKuhn, J.
The relator asks for mandamus to compel the board of county canvassers to reconvene and change the result of a recount had before them with reference to the office of county clerk, for which relator and Harmon W. Taylor were candidates at the primary election held on August 27, 1912.
Relator, among other things, alleges in his petition that in the township of Sidney the inspectors failed to place . opposite the names of the voters on the poll lists the numbers required by statute, with the exception that in the poll book filed with the county clerk numbers appeared opposite the first 22…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lindstrom v. Board of CanvassersMichigan Supreme Court · 1893
- City of Benton Harbor v. St. Joseph & Benton Harbor Street Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1894
- Daly v. HosmerMichigan Supreme Court · 1894
- Bond v. McMahonMichigan Supreme Court · 1893
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- Groesbeck v. Board of State CanvassersMichigan Supreme Court · 1930
- Thompson v. CihakMichigan Supreme Court · 1931
- Stamos v. Genesee County Board of CanvassersMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973
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