Case Name: Alonzo B. Bragdon, Prosecuting Attorney, ex rel. Eli Loranger, v. Robert P. Navarre
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1894-09-27
Citations: 102 Mich. 259
Docket Number: 
Parties: Alonzo B. Bragdon, Prosecuting Attorney, ex rel. Eli Loranger, v. Robert P. Navarre.
Judges: The other Justices concurred.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 102
Pages: 259–260

Head Matter:
Alonzo B. Bragdon, Prosecuting Attorney, ex rel. Eli Loranger, v. Robert P. Navarre.
Elections — Ballots.
Voters finding a ticket upon tlie official ballot are not required to determine whether it is entitled to a place thereon, but may safely rely upon the .action of the officers of the law, who they have a right to suppose have performed their duty.
Error to Monroe. (Kinne, J.)
Submitted on briefs June 28, 1894.
Decided September 27, 1894.
Quo warranto to test the title of respondent to the office of township treasurer of the township of Berlin. Respondent brings error from judgment of ouster.
Judgment affirmed.
The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
Ira G. Humphrey and John 0. Zabel, for appellant.
Charles A. Golden and Edward R. Gilday, for relator.

Opinion:
Hooker/ J.
Upon, an information in the nature of quo warranto, a judgment of ouster from the office of township treasurer was rendered by the circuit court against .the defendant, who brings the case here for review.
Eelator received a majority of the votes, but it is contended that he was not the nominee of any party, that the ticket was not properly certified and not. entitled to a place upon the ballot, and that such tickets should not have .been counted for relator.
The voter finding the ticket upon the ballot cannot be required to determine its regularity at his peril. This might involve a necessary knowledge of facts difficult to ascertain. He may safely rely upon the action of the officers of the law, who he has a right to suppose have done their duty.
The judgment will be affirmed.
The other Justices concurred.