People ex rel. Chadwick v. County Officers
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery, from St. Clair Circuit. Tbe bill in tbis cause was filed to test the legality of certain proceedings for tbe removal of tbe county seat from St. Clair to Port Huron, and praying for an injunction.
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Appeal in Chancery, from St. Clair Circuit. Tbe bill in tbis cause was filed to test the legality of certain proceedings for tbe removal of tbe county seat from St. Clair to Port Huron, and praying for an injunction. Tbe Board of Supervisors of St. Clair County, on tbe 13th day of October, 1865, passed a resolution providing for the removal of tbe county seat from St. Clair to Port Huron, subject to tbe following proviso, to wit: that “ suitable guai-antees should be given for the erection of the necessaiy buildings for county purposes, free of cost to the county, and that said guarantees…
1Opinion of the Court
Christiancy J.
This bill is filed by the prosecuting attorney of St. Clair county, upon the relation of two citizens of that county, for the purpose of• testing the legality of the pr-oceedings for the removal of the county seat from St. Clair to Port Huron, and asks an injunction to prevent the several defendants from removing their offices to Port Huron.
The case comes before us upon appeal, the bill having been demurred to, and certain facts agreed upon by stipulation, which we shall consider as if stated in the bill.
The propriety of bringing a bill in this form by the prosecuting attorney,…
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