Abels v. Board of Supervisors

Michigan Supreme Court

Abels v. Board of Supervisors

1 McGrath 1551, 42 McGrath 526

DecidedJanuary 21, 1880

StatusPublished

This text of 1 McGrath 1551 (Abels v. Board of Supervisors) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Michigan Supreme Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Abels v. Board of Supervisors, 1 McGrath 1551, 42 McGrath 526 (Mich. 1880).

Pincite

Opinion

To compel respondents to audit and allow certain claims for services as a detective, in the discovery and apprehension of a criminal.

Denied January 21, 1880.

Relator is a member of a private detective corporation, organized under Act No. 217, Laws of 1859, as amended by Act No. 55, Laws of 1873.

Held, that the,Constitution contemplates that persons vested with the powers of constables shall be elective, and that the provisions of the act giving to^ its members the powers of constables are unconstitutional.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

To compel respondents to audit and allow certain claims for services as a detective, in the discovery and apprehension of a criminal.

Denied January 21, 1880.

Relator is a member of a private detective corporation, organized under Act No. 217, Laws of 1859, as amended by Act No. 55, Laws of 1873.

Held, that the,Constitution contemplates that persons vested with the powers of constables shall be elective, and that the provisions of the act giving to^ its members the powers of constables are unconstitutional.

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

1 McGrath 1551, 42 McGrath 526, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/abels-v-board-of-supervisors-mich-1880.