Case Name: BAKER vs. BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1896-12-24
Citations: 1 McGrath 1100
Docket Number: No. 15970
Parties: BAKER vs. BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS,
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1100–1100

Head Matter:
BAKER vs. BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS,
No. 15970;
69 N. W., 656; 3 D. L. N., 683.

Opinion:
To compel respondents to obtain corrected returns, and to make tire proper credits to certain candidates for office, 'where the answer shows that if all the votes were credited, as prayed for, it would not affect the result.
Held, that the writ should not be issued to compel the performance of an idle ceremony.
Denied December 24, 1896.