Case Name: ROGERS v. LAWRENCE; DAANE v. SAME
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1931-03-11
Citations: 253 Mich. 594
Docket Number: Calendar No. 35,650
Parties: ROGERS v. LAWRENCE. DAANE v. SAME.
Judges: Present: Butzel, C. J., and "Wiest, Sharpe, McDonald, and Fead, JJ.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 253
Pages: 594–595

Head Matter:
ROGERS v. LAWRENCE. DAANE v. SAME.
Elections — State Convention — Reoanvass oe Votes — Mandamus.
Where, at State convention, there were two candidates for elective office, and, after ballot was taken, chairman announced name of nominee, and convention adjourned, Supreme Court may not recanvass vote taken and direct that other candidate’s name be certified as nominee on ground that after convention adjourned it was discovered that he had majority of votes, in absence of fraud, oppression, or reconsideration by convention.
Separate petitions for mandamus by A. J. Rogers and Gilbert L. Daane to compel Howard C. Lawrence and James G. Frey, respectively chairman and secretary of the Republican State Central Committee, and Frank D. Fitzgerald, Secretary of State, to certify his name as nominee for an elective office.
Submitted March 10, 1931.
(Calendar No. 35,650.)
Writ granted March 11, 1931, to plaintiff Daane.
Pulver & Bush (Joseph T. Riley, of counsel), for plaintiff Rogers.
Edward N. Barnard and Dunham, Cholette & Allahen, for plaintiff Daane.
George E. Nichols, for defendant Lawrence.
Kenneth M. Stevens, for defendant Frey.
Present: Butzel, C. J., and "Wiest, Sharpe, McDonald, and Fead, JJ.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Gilbert L. Daane and A. J. Rogers were rival candidates for nomination as a member of tbe State board of agriculture at tbe Republican State convention, held in the city of Kalamazoo, on March 6,1931. Their names were presented, a ballot taken, and the chairman of the convention announced that Gilbert L. Daane had been nominated.
It is claimed that Mr. Rogers had a majority of the votes cast, and this was discovered after the convention adjourned. We are asked by Mr. Rogers to direct the chairman and secretary of the State central committee to certify his name as the nominee; and we are also asked by Mr. Daane to direct certification of his name as the nominee.
We are of opinion that, in the absence of fraud or oppression or a reconsideration by the convention, we may not recanvass the vote taken, and the announcement of the chairman controls, and the chairman and secretary of the State central committee should certify the nominee announced by the chairr man of the convention.