Stevens v. Secretary of State
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by J. Frank Stevens against Frederick C. Martindale, secretary of State, to compel the respondent to accept and file a petition to permit the relator to become a candidate for State representative in the counties of Missaukee and Kalkaska.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The relator was elected to the office of State representative from a legislative district embracing the counties of Missaukee and Kalkaska, for the years 1913 and 1914.
At the last session of the legislature it passed a new apportionment act known as Act No. 336 of the Public Acts of 1913, which did away with the Missaukee-Kalkaska district as established by Act No. 244 of the Public Acts of 1905 (1 How. Stat. [2d Ed.] §127).
Relator is again desirous of becoming a candidate for the office of State representative, and has caused his petitions to be circulated in the counties of Missaukee and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Giddings v. BlackerMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
- Board of Supervisors v. BlackerMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
- Williams v. Secretary of StateMichigan Supreme Court · 1906
3Cited by7 opinions
- Attorney General v. Suffolk County Apportionment CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Scholle v. Secretary of StateMichigan Supreme Court · 1960
- In Re Apportionment, State Legislature-1992Michigan Supreme Court · 1992
- Stenson v. Secretary of StateMichigan Supreme Court · 1944
- Neff v. Secretary of StateMichigan Supreme Court · 1992
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