People ex rel. Attorney General v. Baker

Information in the nature of quo warranto was filed by the attorney general on April 5, 1922, against defendant to inquire by what authority he assumed to exercise the office of sheriff of Lapeer county, charging in customary form without particularizing that he “usurps, intrudes into and unlawfully holds and exercises the office of sheriff, a public office in and for the county of Lapeer, without any lawful election, appointment, warrant or authority whatsoever therefor.”

Defendant filed answer in justification protesting that the matters contained in the information filed against him were…