Michigan Supreme Court, 1865

People ex rel. Sage v. Township Board

People ex rel. Sage v. Township Board
Michigan Supreme Court · Decided October 16, 1865 · Campbell, Christiancy, Cooley, Martin
13 Mich. 462; 1865 Mich. LEXIS 44

People ex rel. Sage v. Township Board

Opinion of the Court

Cooley J.:

As tbe record shows that the present proceedings, were commenced within one year from the time when another petition for the same road had been presented and denied, the commissioners -had no power to entertain them, and the proceedings must be reversed. โ€” Laws-of 1861, p. 256, ยง1.

Martin Cb. J. and Campbell J. concurred. Christiancy J. did not sit in this case.

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