Case Name: DRENNAN vs. BOARD OF CANVASSERS (Wyandotte)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1895-07-02
Citations: 1 McGrath 1143
Docket Number: No. 14883
Parties: DRENNAN vs. BOARD OF CANVASSERS (Wyandotte),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1143–1146

Head Matter:
DRENNAN vs. BOARD OF CANVASSERS (Wyandotte),
No. 14883,
106 M., 117.
Certiorari to Wayne.

Opinion:
To compel the common council, as a board of canvassers, to re-convene and re-count the votes cast for supervisor of the second ward.
The circuit judge denied the writ. Affirmed July 2, 1895, with costs.
. Relator and one Meggs were candidates for the office. The canvassers met April 4 and adjourned to April 5. On the face of the returns Meggs received a majority of the votes cast. "Without canvassing the vote the board adjourned to April 15. Tu the meantime Meggs obtained from tbe Wayne Circuit Court a mandamus requiring tbe board to meet, canvass tbe returns and issue a certificate of election to Meggs. On Apiil 15, tbe board met and complied witb tbe writ. Relator on that day filed bis petition for a re-count.
Respondent contended that the petition for a re-count was'filed too late; that the statute contemplates that the vote shall be canvassed •on the Thursday next succeeding the election, which was held on Monday, April 1; that the adjournment to the 15th was illegal, and upon this ground the circuit judge issued the writ applied for by Meggs.