Legal Opinion
Walker v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided March 8, 1904No. Docket No. 249PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from Wayne; Hosmer, J. Bill by Bryant Walker, trustee, against the city of Detroit and William B. Thompson, treasurer of said city, to set aside a tax sale. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
The bill in this case was filed in 1902 to set aside a tax sale made by virtue of a paving assessment imposed in 1892. The ground of illegality as charged in the bill is:
“ That no certificate is attached to said assessment roll showing, nor is there anything on said assessment roll to show, that said assessment roll was prepared, and that the assessment of the property thereby assessed was made, in accordance with the provisions of the charter of the city of Detroit regulating the making of such assessments and sudh assessment rolls.”
The case was heard on pleadings and proofs, and the bill…
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