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ATTY. GEN. v. INGHAM CIRCUIT JUDGE

Calendar No. 47,218.

347 Mich. 579 (1957)

81 N.W.2d 349

ATTORNEY GENERAL v. INGHAM CIRCUIT JUDGE.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Opinion filed February 28, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Kavanagh, Attorney General, Edmund E. Shepherd, Solicitor General, Daniel J. O'Hara, and James R. Ramsey, Assistants Attorney General, for plaintiff.

Benjamin F. Watson, in propria persona, and for defendant Ingham Circuit Judge.

CARR, J.

The parties to this proceeding are apparently in accord as to the material facts. On February 5, 1957, a vacancy in the office of senator for the 14th senatorial district of the State resulted from the death of the Honorable Harry F. Hittle, the duly elected and qualified incumbent. The Michigan election law* makes provision for the filling of vacancies of the character in question, in terms empowering the governor of the State...

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