McDonald v. City of Escanaba
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Delta. (Grant, J.) Bill to restrain collection of taxes. Defendants appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion, and in head-note 1.
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell, O. J.
Complainants, who are severally, and not jointly, interested in various items of property assessed for State and county taxes in the city of Escanaba, filed a bill to restrain the collection of the taxes of 1885, on the ground that the board of supervisors made an unfair equalization.
The bill sets out that the assessment in Escanaba was made at its true cash value, as required by law, but that in the other towns it was much lower than the fair value of the property.
It further avers that in equalizing the assessments the board of supervisors did not disturb the assessment of…
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