Case Name: GRONDIN ET AL. vs. LOGAN (Supervisor) AND MALLEN (Township Clerk, of Seney)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1891-11-11
Citations: 1 McGrath 1183
Docket Number: No. 12299
Parties: GRONDIN ET AL. vs. LOGAN (Supervisor) AND MALLEN (Township Clerk, of Seney),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1183–1183

Head Matter:
GRONDIN ET AL. vs. LOGAN (Supervisor) AND MALLEN (Township Clerk, of Seney),
No. 12299,
88 M., 247.

Opinion:
To compel respondents to recognize relators as justices of the peace, and part of the township board.
Denied November 11, 1891, without costs.
[Respondents insisted that relators were not regularly elected and duly qualified justices of the peace.
Held, that an answer denying allegations of fact made in the petition is decisive on a hearing on petition and answer.
Also, that the township board cannot in this proceeding question the election or qualification of justices, who have acted as such for more than a year.