People ex rel. Mead v. Treasurer of Ingham County

Graves, J:

The board- of supervisors of Ingham county, at a special meeting in March last, passed a resolution to remove from office two of the county superintendents of the poor, namely: Messrs. Hayner and Huntington, and to appoint in their place Messrs. Craddock and "Williams. Both Hayner and Huntington had some time to serve. The relator was the third superintendent under an appointment made previously, and was not disturbed.

This proceeding by the supervisors was caused by conflicting action concerning the purchase of a poor-house farm for the county, a majority being of the opinion that…