Case Name: PARRAGHI v. PIZZIMENTI
Court: Michigan Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1971-11-29
Citations: 37 Mich. App. 290
Docket Number: Docket No. 12391
Parties: PARRAGHI v. PIZZIMENTI
Judges: Before: Y. J. Brennan, P. J., and J. H. Groms and O’Hara, JJ.
Reporter: Michigan appeals reports; cases decided in the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Volume: 37
Pages: 290–291

Head Matter:
PARRAGHI v. PIZZIMENTI
Mandamus — Municipal Corporations — Joint Hospital Authority ■ — Meeting of Board.
Refusal of the trial court to issue a writ of mandamus to compel the chairman of the board, of directors of a joint hospital authority to call a special meeting of the board for the election of new officers was correct even though the plaintiff had, in accordance with statute, submitted a written request for the meeting signed by three directors where the request was dated one day before a regularly scheduled board meeting and where the board held regularly scheduled meetings each month except during two months (MCLA 331.6).
Reference for Points in Headnote
52 Am Jur 2d, Mandamus § 108 et seq.
Appeal from Wayne, James Montante, J.
Submitted Division 1 November 5, 1971, at Detroit.
(Docket No. 12391.)
Decided November 29, 1971.
Complaint for mandamus by Elmer Parraghi against Donald J. Pizzimenti and Peoples Community Hospital Authority to compel the calling of a special meeting of the board of directors of Peoples Community Hospital Authority. Writ denied. Plaintiff appeals.
Affirmed.
Henry Zaborowshi, for plaintiff.
Gosadd, Shangle & Smith, for defendants.
Before: Y. J. Brennan, P. J., and J. H. Groms and O’Hara, JJ.
Former Supreme Court Justice, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment pursuant to Const 1963, art 6, § 23 as amended in 1968.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Plaintiff is a member of the board of directors of the Peoples Community Hospital Authority, a public body corporate authorized by statute. By a letter dated June 23, 1971, plaintiff and two other board members requested that Donald J. Pizzimenti, the chairman of the board, call a special meeting on July 15,1971, for the express purpose of electing new officers. The chairman denied the request and pointed out that the rules and regulations adopted by the board provide for the election of officers in January or February of each year.
Plaintiff sought a writ of mandamus to compel the call of a special meeting; the writ was denied. Plaintiff appeals, relying principally on the following statutory language: "The chairman shall call a meeting at any time upon written request of 3 members of the board." MCLA 331.6; MSA 5.2456(6).
It is well settled that a trial court's refusal to issue a writ of mandamus will only be reviewed for abuse of discretion. We find no abuse. While it is true that the statute requires the chairman to call a meeting at the request of three board members (with no qualifications regarding the purpose behind the request), we nevertheless feel that since the request was dated one day before a regularly scheduled board meeting, and since the board holds regularly scheduled meetings each month (save July and August) the trial court acted correctly in denying the request for a writ of mandamus.
Affirmed.
1945 PA 47; MCLA 331.1-331.11; MSA 5.2456(1)-5.2456(11).
See Iron County Board of Supervisors v. Crystal Falls, 23 Mich App 319 (1970), and the cases cited therein.