Case Name: ABELS vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Ingham)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1880-01-21
Citations: 1 McGrath 1551
Docket Number: 
Parties: ABELS vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Ingham),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1551–1551

Head Matter:
ABELS vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Ingham),
42 M., 526.

Opinion:
To compel respondents to audit and allow certain claims for services as a detective, in the discovery and apprehension of a criminal.
Denied January 21, 1880.
Relator is a member of a private detective corporation, organized under Act No. 217, Laws of 1859, as amended by Act No. 55, Laws of 1873.
Held, that the,Constitution contemplates that persons vested with the powers of constables shall be elective, and that the provisions of the act giving to^ its members the powers of constables are unconstitutional.