Kern v. Board of Supervisors
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to St. Clair; Ersbine, J., presiding. Mandamus by Christian Kern to compel the board of supervisors of St. Clair county to investigate the sufficiency of petitions asking for the submission to the vote of the people on the question of prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. An order denying the writ is reviewed' by relator on writ of certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
Proceedings under the local-option law had reached the stage where a committee of the board of supervisors, to which the matter had been referred, reported that it had counted the names on the petitions and found 4,402 names, and had found from the records of the last preceding general election that the vote for governor was 11,794, being the largest number of votes cast for any person at said election. This report also stated that the committee had been advised by the prosecuting attorney that the committee had no power to inquire into the legality of the petitions or to determine whether…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Werstein v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1909
3Cited by7 opinions
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- French v. County of InghamMichigan Supreme Court · 1955
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- Ehinger v. GrahamMichigan Supreme Court · 1916
- Rutledge v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
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