Board of Supervisors v. Edmunds
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Bay; Shepard, J. Mandamus by the board of supervisors of Bay county to compel Peter Edmunds, supervisor of the township of Gibson, to appear with his assessment roll and act as a member of said board. There was an order granting the writ, and respondent brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
In' 1883 the legislature organized the county of Arenac from territory theretofore included in the county of Bay, leaving the latter county reduced to 16 townships. ’ See County of Bay v. Bullock, 51 Mich. 544. At its last session the legislature passed an act providing that the township of Gibson be taken from Bay county and attached to the county of Arenac. This act was approved May 27, 1903 (Act No. 496, Local Acts 1903). On October 15, 1903, a petition was filed in the circuit court for the county of Bay, asking a writ of mandamus to compel the supervisor of Gibson township to appear with…
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