Hunt ex rel. Snow v. Buhrer
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Hosmer, Brooke, Mandell, Donovan, Rohnert, and Erazer, JJ. Quo warranto by Ormond F. Hunt, prosecuting attorney of Wayne county, on the relation of Frederick F. Snow, against Charles A. Buhrer, to determine the title to the office of treasurer of said county. From a judgment for respondent, relator brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This is a proceeding in the nature of a quo warranto to determine who is entitled to the office of county treasurer of Wayne county during the six months from January 1 to July 1, 1903. Relator was elected to that office at the November election in 1902. Respondent was elected to that office at the November election in 1900. The controversy depends upon the constitutional validity of Act No. 294 of the Local Acts of the Legislature for the year 1895, which reads as follows:
“ The People of the State of Michigan enact, that hereafter the term of office of the treasurer of the county of Wayne…
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