Case Name: HAMILTON v. SECRETARY OF STATE
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1919-06-10
Citations: 206 Mich. 371
Docket Number: Calendar No. 28,840½
Parties: HAMILTON v. SECRETARY OF STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 206
Pages: 371–371

Head Matter:
HAMILTON v. SECRETARY OF STATE.
■Constitutional Law — Petition for Submission of Amendment— Revival — Elections.
A petition, filed with the secretary of State to submit to the electors'at the next general election a proposed constitutional amendment, and found insufficient for that purpose, because lacking signatures, performed its office and cannot be treated as a continuing petition, to be revived from time to time by the addition of other names.
Mandamus by James Hamilton to compel Coleman C. Vaughan, secretary of State, to submit a proposed amendment to the Constitution.
Submitted May 29, 1919.
(Calendar No. 28,840½.)
Writ denied June 10, 1919.
Moore & Moore, for plaintiff.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We are of opinion that the petition filed with the secretary of State and considered in Hamilton v. Secretary of State, 204 Mich. 439, cannot be treated as a continuing petition, to be revived as such from time to time by the addition of other names. It was filed to effect a purpose. It was found and declared to be insufficient for the purpose because lacking signatures. It performed its office and as a petition, in view of the law, is dead.