Case Name: SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (Tallmadge) vs. ROOT (Township Treasurer)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1886-05-06
Citations: 1 McGrath 1191
Docket Number: 
Parties: SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (Tallmadge) vs. ROOT (Township Treasurer),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1191–1191

Head Matter:
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8 (Tallmadge) vs. ROOT (Township Treasurer),
61 M., 373.

Opinion:
To compel payment over to the assessor of certain moneys upon warrants signed by one Dowris as moderator.
Granted May 6, 1886.
Payment was refused upon the ground that Dowris was not the moderator.
Held, that the right to an office will not be settled in a mandamus proceeding, but that Dowris was at least an officer de facto.