Legal Opinion

Trainor v. Board of Auditors

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided December 21, 1891PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Mandamus. Relators severally applied for a mandamus to compel the board of auditors of Wayne county to set aside an order removing relators from their respective places, and to restore them thereto, etc. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.

These cases all depend upon the same state of facts.

On the 1st day of December, 1890, the following persons composed the board of auditors of Wayne county, to wit: Charles P. Collins, George C. Lawrence, and James Holihan. On that day the relators were appointed to places or offices by said board, as follows: John E. Clark, city physician; John B. Willcoxson, special officer in justices3 courts; George C. Burgess, chief janitor of county buildings; James A. Trainor, file clerk of county records. They each entered, January 1, 1891, upon their respective duties, and continued to fill such…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Throop v. LangdonMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
  2. Stadler v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1865
  3. Lawrence v. HanleyMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
  4. People ex rel. Mead v. Treasurer of Ingham CountyMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
  5. People ex rel. Hudson v. DeMillMichigan Supreme Court · 1867

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Barney v. HawkinsMontana Supreme Court · 1927
  2. Blynn v. City of PontiacMichigan Supreme Court · 1915
  3. Chamski v. Wayne County Board of AuditorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1939
  4. Jackson v. Michigan Corrections CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1946
  5. State ex rel. Hamilton v. GrantWyoming Supreme Court · 1905

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