Case Name: BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS vs. MAYOR (Detroit)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1874-05-12
Citations: 1 McGrath 1686
Docket Number: 
Parties: BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS vs. MAYOR (Detroit),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1686–1689

Head Matter:
BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS vs. MAYOR (Detroit),
29 M., 343.

Opinion:
To compel respondent to execute and deliver to the controller of the city certain park fund bonds ordered by the Common Council to be issued for the purchase of lands for a public park, which have been selected and contracted for by the park commissioners, and the selection, and, as is claimed, the contract and terms of purchase approved by the Common Council.
Denied May 12, 1874.
Held, that the question of the purchase of lands for a park and the issue of bonds, under the legislation relating to the park, should be submitted to and receive the approval of the board estimates, as well as the Common Council.