Case Name: BOARD OF EDUCATION (Detroit) vs. COMMON COUNCIL
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1890-05-09
Citations: 1 McGrath 1358
Docket Number: 
Parties: BOARD OF EDUCATION (Detroit) vs. COMMON COUNCIL,
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1358–1358

Head Matter:
BOARD OF EDUCATION (Detroit) vs. COMMON COUNCIL,
80 M., 548.

Opinion:
To compel respondent to levy a certain sum. for free text books.
Denied May 9, 1890.
Held, that the inclusion by the board of education in its annual estimate of a sum for free text books, in the absence of authority from a majority of the qualified electors, as provided by Section 6, Act No. 147, Laws of 1889, is absolutely void, and the writ will not be issued to aid in the enforcement of an illegal claim.