People ex rel. Twitchell v. Blodgett
Michigan Supreme Court
Information in the. nature of a quo loarranto.
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J.:
The relator caused this information to be filed, claiming that, at the election in'the fall of 1864, he received a majority of the legal votes for the office of Prosecuting Attorney for the. county of Washtenaw. The incumbent, according to the agreed statement of facts, received a majority on the home vote; and the county canvassers, rejecting the soldiers’ vote, gave him a certificate of election. Had the vote of the soldiers been counted, Twitchell would have been found elected. The regularity of the vote is not disputed, and the only *136question presented for our decision is,…
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