Hafeli v. Wayne County Clerk

Plaintiff, as a resident and as a qualified and registered elector of the city of Detroit, Wayne county, files petition for writ of mandamus to compel defendant, as county clerk of Wayne county, to accept and file plaintiff’s nomination petitions for the office of member of the board of county auditors for Wayne county. An order to show cause was entered and defendant filed answer, denying plaintiff’s right to such writ.

From the petition and answer it appears that one Ray D. Schneider was, prior to January 30, 1942, elected a member of the board of county auditors for Wayne county for the…