Case Name: BOARD OF EDUCATION (Port Huron) vs. RUNNELS (City Treasurer)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1885-05-13
Citations: 1 McGrath 1630
Docket Number: 
Parties: BOARD OF EDUCATION (Port Huron) vs. RUNNELS (City Treasurer),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1630–1630

Head Matter:
BOARD OF EDUCATION (Port Huron) vs. RUNNELS (City Treasurer),
57 M., 46.

Opinion:
To compel respondent, ex-officio treasurer of relator, to deposit "the school moneys in a bank which relator had designated as the -depository of its moneys.
Granted May 13, 1885.
The bank had applied, but the court had denied the writ, holding that mandamus does not lie to enforce a contract. But held that mandamus lies at the instance of the board; that the moneys as received are at once payable to the designated depository and that the treasurer could not go behind the records of the board, which on their face were valid action, for the purpose of avoiding the performance of his duty.