Todd v. Board of Election Commissioners

Michigan Supreme Court

Todd v. Board of Election Commissioners

1 McGrath 1121, 104 McGrath 474

CourtMichigan Supreme Court

DecidedMarch 25, 1895

DocketNo. 14782

StatusPublished

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Todd v. Board of Election Commissioners, 1 McGrath 1121, 104 McGrath 474 (Mich. 1895).

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To compel respondent to place relator’s name upon the election tickets of three different parties as a candidate for representative in Congress, respondents claiming that such action was prohibited by Act No. 17, Laws of 1895, approved March 14, 1895.

[1125]*1125Granted March 25, 1895, without costs, on the ground that while the Act is a valid exercise of power, it does not have a retrospective effect so as to deprive the candidate of the right, when the time for making his election had expired before the law became operative.

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To compel respondent to place relator’s name upon the election tickets of three different parties as a candidate for representative in Congress, respondents claiming that such action was prohibited by Act No. 17, Laws of 1895, approved March 14, 1895.

[1125]*1125Granted March 25, 1895, without costs, on the ground that while the Act is a valid exercise of power, it does not have a retrospective effect so as to deprive the candidate of the right, when the time for making his election had expired before the law became operative.

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1 McGrath 1121, 104 McGrath 474, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/todd-v-board-of-election-commissioners-mich-1895.