Legal Opinion
Crawford v. Board of Supervisors
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided February 26, 1910No. Calendar No. 23,861PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Certiorari to Gratiot; Searl, J. Mandamus by Herbert J. Crawford and John H. Watson to compel the board of supervisors of Gratiot county to reconvene and submit the question of the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor to an election. An order denying the writ is reviewed by relators on writ of certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
Certain petitions, presented under provisions of Act No. 307, Pub. Acts 1889 (3 Comp. Laws, §§ 5413-5435), as amended by Act No. 183, Pub. Acts 1899, were presented to the board of supervisors of Gratiot county, considered, and disposed of by the adoption, by a vote of 17 to 8, of the following committee report:
“ The special committee appointed at this session on the petition for local-option election, reported through Supervisor Ely, and which Supervisor Ely moved that the report be received, accepted, adopted, placed upon the records as the finding of this board.
“ ‘To the Honorable Board of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Keefer v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1896
- Flanders v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
3Cited by2 opinions
- Ehinger v. GrahamMichigan Supreme Court · 1916
- Anker v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1916