People v. Maynard
Michigan Supreme Court
Quo Warranto. The information in this case was filed by William L. Stoughton, the Attorney General, against the defendant for intruding into and usurping the office of county treasurer of Marquette county.
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Quo Warranto. The information in this case was filed by William L. Stoughton, the Attorney General, against the defendant for intruding into and usurping the office of county treasurer of Marquette county. The defendant pleaded that by the organization of Washington county the residence of the treasurer of Marquette county was thrown into the new county, thereby creating a vacancy in the office, to fill which the board of supervisors of Marquette county appointed., him treasurer. One of the pleas relied on the “act to organize the county of Washington,” and the other on that act, and also an…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J.
Defendant, being called upon to show by what warrant he exercises the functions of treasurer of Marquette county, pleaded that by the organization of Washington county, *467the residence of the treasurer of Marquette .was thrown into the new county, thereby creating a vacancy, which defendant was appointed to fill by the supervisors. One of the pleas relied on the “Act to organize the County of 'Washington,” approved February 15, 1867; and the other relied on the^same act, and a further “Act to organize the Township of Negaunee, in the County ~of Washington,” approved February 27,…
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