RISK v. LINCOLN CHARTER TP. BD. OF TRUSTEES

Docket No. 275129.

760 N.W.2d 510 (2008)

279 Mich. App. 389

RISK v. LINCOLN CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided June 26, 2008, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Troff Petzke & Ammeson (by Charles Ammeson) for the plaintiffs.

Scholten Fant (by Rodney L. Schermer and James R. Nelson) and DeFrancesco & Dienes (by Scott A. Dienes), for the defendants.

Bauckham, Sparks, Rolfe, Lohrstorfer & Thall, P.C. (by John H. Bauckham), for the Michigan Townships Association.

Before: JANSEN, P.J., and ZAHRA and GLEICHER, JJ.


JANSEN, P.J.

In this quo warranto action,1 plaintiffs appeal by right the circuit court's order validating a local election at which the qualified electors of Lincoln Charter Township voted to dissolve the township park commission. We reverse and remand to the circuit court for entry of an order consistent with this opinion.

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In 1972, the qualified electors of Lincoln Charter Township established a township park commission...

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