Case Name: DRAKE vs. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1856
Citations: 1 McGrath 1086
Docket Number: 
Parties: DRAKE vs. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY,
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1086–1086

Head Matter:
DRAKE vs. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY,
4 M., 98.

Opinion:
To compel the board to appoint a professor of homeopathy in the department of medicine.
Denied 1856.
Held, that as a general rule it is not competent for a private citizen, when not directly injured, to invoke the aid of the writ to compel a public board to the perf ormance of an omitted duty.
Again, that the interests of the university are committed to the judgment and discretion of the regents, and it is a sufficient answer to say, that they had commenced and were making the investigation necessary to the appointment.