People ex rel. Cady v. Ihnken
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to St. Clair; Law, J. Mandamus by the People of the State of Michigan, on the relation of Burt D. Cady, prosecuting attorney of St. Olair county, to compel John H. Ihnken, clerk of the village of Algonac, to record certain proceedings of the village council. From an order granting the writ, respondent brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
The ■ village of Algonac is incorporated under 1 Comp. Laws, § 2684. The council consists of a president and six trustees. Calvin Currie was president of the village. Three of the five trustees filed with the clerk their resignations. The regular meetings of the council were fixed for the first and third Mondays of each month. On December 16th there was a regular meeting of the council. On that night the president and two of the trustees appeared at the council chamber, but the remaining trustees, and the clerk were absent. The statute (1 Comp. Laws, § 2752) provides that a less number than a…
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