Case Name: The People ex rel John W. Jochim v. Cornelius Kennedy
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1877-06-13
Citations: 37 Mich. 67
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People ex rel John W. Jochim v. Cornelius Kennedy.
Judges: 
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 37
Pages: 67–68

Head Matter:
The People ex rel John W. Jochim v. Cornelius Kennedy.
Counting Ballots.
Where John W. Jochim was a candidate for election in a district in which there was no other John Jochim, ballots cast for John Jochim were presumptively intended for John W. Jochim, and should have been counted for him.
Error to Marquette.
Submitted and decided June 13.
Information in the nature of a Quo Warranto. The .facts are stated.
Attorney General Oth Kirchner and Ball & Owen for dhe relator.
The law knows but one Christian name. Thompson v. Lee, 21 Ill., 242; Roosevelt v. Gardinier, 2 Cow., 463; Milk v. Christie, 1 Hill, 105; Franklin v. Talmadge, 5 Johns., 84; Erskine v. Davis, 25 Ill., 251; Bletch v. Johnson, 40 Ill., 116. See People v. Cicott, 16 Mich., :283; dissenting opinion, Id., 319.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
At an election for city treasurer of Ishpeming, votes were cast as follows: For Cornelius Kennedy, 392; for John W. Jochim, 380; for John Jochim, 18. It did not appear that there were two persons named John Jochim in Ishpeming, and there was an offer to show the' contrary. Held, that the ballots cast for John W. Jochim and John Jochim were presumptively intended for the same person and should be so counted.
Judgment for relator.