Lake v. Township of North Branch

This is a suit in equity in which plaintiffs seek to enjoin “defendants from performing any official acts in relation to,the township school district of the township of North Branch,” in Lapeer county. Plaintiffs seek this injunctive relief on the theory of an alleged fraud in the conduct of an election held June 22, 1944, on a proposal to organize North Branch township into a township school district. The bill of complaint was dismissed and plaintiffs appeal.

In the main the factual background of this litigation appears in Re Crawford’s Petition, 311 Mich. 70. Otherwise we need note only the…