Case Name: COLEMAN vs. COMMON COUNCIL (Cadillac)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1882-10-28
Citations: 1 McGrath 1488
Docket Number: 
Parties: COLEMAN vs. COMMON COUNCIL (Cadillac),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1488–1488

Head Matter:
COLEMAN vs. COMMON COUNCIL (Cadillac),
49 M., 322.

Opinion:
To compel respondent to pay to relator a sum alleged to be due and unpaid as part of his salary as health officer of said city.
Denied October 28, 1882.
The board of health had assumed to fix the compensation of the health officer so as to bind the council to the result, but it is held, that the power is vested in the council.