Cavanagh v. Calhoun County Board of Canvassers

Plaintiff Cavanagh sued out certi.orari in the Calhoun circuit to review a determina-, tion by the Calhoun county board of canvassers that, an election purposed toward annexation of certain territory * in the home-rule city of Springfield (a. city “of 15,000 or less”), to the adjacent home-rule' city of Battle Creek, failed to carry for want of a majority vote of the qualified electors of Springfield. The circuit court reversed the board’s deter-’ ruination. Its judgment is here for review on appli-, cation and grant of leave. :

The case calls for interpretation and application .of section 9…