Case Name: CUTHBERT vs. COMMON COUNCIL (Detroit)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1869-04-28
Citations: 1 McGrath 1200
Docket Number: 
Parties: CUTHBERT vs. COMMON COUNCIL (Detroit),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1200–1204

Head Matter:
CUTHBERT vs. COMMON COUNCIL (Detroit),
18 M., 337.

Opinion:
Delator claimed to have been elected to the office of assessor, but that the council wrongfully deprived him of the office by refusing to count the vote of one of the members thereof, which was in his favor.
Denied April 28, 1869.
Held, not tlie proper proceeding to try the right to a public office.