Davidson v. Hine
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Bay; Collins, J. Mandamus by James E. Davidson, Charles L. Fox, Frank E. Tyler, Charles W. Handy, and Eugene A. Dickinson, constituting the bureau of public safety of Bay City, to compel Gustaves Hine, mayor, Charles J. Barnett, comptroller, Lovell U. Grant, recorder; E. E. Corliss, treasurer, and the common council of the city of Bay City to surrender the public records, etc., of the police and fire departments of said city.
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Certiorari to Bay; Collins, J. Mandamus by James E. Davidson, Charles L. Fox, Frank E. Tyler, Charles W. Handy, and Eugene A. Dickinson, constituting the bureau of public safety of Bay City, to compel Gustaves Hine, mayor, Charles J. Barnett, comptroller, Lovell U. Grant, recorder; E. E. Corliss, treasurer, and the common council of the city of Bay City to surrender the public records, etc., of the police and fire departments of said city. There was an order granting the writ, and respondents bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
Relators claim to be a bureau of public safety for the city of Bay City. Their title to their office is derived from an appointment made by the governor of the State acting pursuant to Act No. 750 of the Local Acts of 1907. They brought this mandamus proceeding in the circuit court for the county of Bay to compel said respondents to surrender to them the custody of the public records, papers and offices pertaining to the police and fire departments of said city. The case was heard in the lower court on petition and answer, and a mandamus ordered in accordance with the prayer of relators. The…
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