Legal Opinion
Attorney General ex rel. Kies v. Lowrey
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided November 18, 1902No. Docket No. 87PublishedCited by 55 opinions
Error to Hillsdale; Chester, J. Quo loarranto proceedings by Horace M. Oren, attorney general, on the relation of L. E. Kies and others, against Thomas J. Lowrey and others, to inquire by what right respondents claimed to exercise the office of trustees of the public schools of the village of Jerome. From a judgment of ouster, respondents bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, C. J.
At its 1901 session, the legislature passed local act No. 315, entitled:
“An act to incorporate the public schools of the village of Jerome, Hillsdale county, Michigan; define the boundaries thereof, provide for the election of trustees and fix their powers and duties, and provide for the distribution of the territory of the disorganized districts.”
By this act it sought to incorporate in one union and graded school district lands described in the act, which had previously been divided between several primary school districts. It named the persons who should constitute the first board of…
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