Legal Opinion

Hipp v. Board of Supervisors

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 15, 1886PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Certiorari to review the proceedings ot. respondent in the matter of the removal of the county-seat of Charlevoix county from East Jordan to Boyne City. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.

As the record in this case presents no points not already settled by the previous decisions of this Court, we declined to allow them to be opened. The questions are not such as the courts have any right to disturb after they have been disposed of by the only authority which the law has empowered to act upon them.

The supervisors, at a meeting when all the towns were represented, by a two-thirds vote, ordered an election to determine upon the proposed removal of the county-seat. This election was held, and the board determined the result upon a canvass. That action is conclusive, and no…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Anway v. Grand Rapids Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1920
  2. State ex rel. Case v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Toncray v. BudgeIdaho Supreme Court · 1908
  4. Shibley v. Fort SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
  5. Parmeter v. BourneWashington Supreme Court · 1894

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