To compel respondent to keep his offices at Frankfort instead of Benzonia.

Denied April 7, 1874.

Held, that the writ would not, in such case, issue at the instance of a private individual, in the absence of any showing 'of a refusal by the proper public officer, upon request, to make the application, or that relator has any special interest in the matter not common to citizens generally. The proper public officer to apply in such case is the attorney-general.