Case Name: POWELL vs. COMMON COUNCIL (Jackson)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1883-06-22
Citations: 1 McGrath 1134
Docket Number: 
Parties: POWELL vs. COMMON COUNCIL (Jackson),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1134–1134

Head Matter:
POWELL vs. COMMON COUNCIL (Jackson),
51 M., 129.

Opinion:
To compel the Council to canvass the result of the votes cast for the various candidates for City Attorney, and declare the result.
Granted June 22, 1883.
The City Charter was amended March 28, 1883, and made the City Attorney elective, whereas it had been an appointive office. The election occurred April 2, 1883, and the notice óf the election did not contain the office of City Attorney, because the time between the passage of the Act and the election was insufficient.
Held, that the Act dispensed with the necessity of notice.