Case Name: COOLEY vs. MAYOR AND CLERK OF PORT HURON
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1879-06-03
Citations: 1 McGrath 1188
Docket Number: 
Parties: COOLEY vs. MAYOR AND CLERK OF PORT HURON,
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1188–1188

Head Matter:
COOLEY vs. MAYOR AND CLERK OF PORT HURON,
41 M., 2.

Opinion:
To compel respondents to re-instate relator as alderman, he having been excluded by the action of the Common Council declaring his opponent elected.
Denied June 3, 1879.
Held, that the charter made the Common Council final judges as to the election of its members, and that mandamus would not lie to compel them to reinstate one whom they had excluded without a proper hearing upon the merits.