People ex rel. Ward v. Green
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Oakland; Smith, J. Quo warranto proceedings by the people, on the relation of Willis O. Ward, against Hartwell Green and others, to inquire into the corporate existence of the Pontiac & Orchard Lake Gravel-Road Company. From a judgment for respondents, relator brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
This proceeding is by information in the nature of a quo warranto, filed under section 8635, 2 How. Stat., for the purpose of testing the validity of the existence of a corporation known as the Pontiac & Orchard Lake Gravel-Road Company, which claims the right to operate a toll road from Williams street, in the city of Pontiac, over Orchard Lake avenue, in said city, and highways adjoining thereto in the townships of Pontiac, West Bloomfield, and Bloomfield, —altogether a distance of about 10 miles.
It appears that on September 9, 1865, a corporation adopted articles of association to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Wolcott v. Plainfield Avenue Gravel-Road Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1895
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