Township of Portsmouth v. Cranage Steamship Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Case made from Bay; Collins, J. Assumpsit by the township of Portsmouth against the Cranage Steamship Company and the McGraw Transportation Company for taxes. There was judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
A suit to recover taxes assessed for the year 1905 was brought by said plaintiff against each of the above-named defendants. The facts in each case being the same, the two suits were consolidated. They *231were tried before the court without a jury. A finding of facts was made, and judgment rendered in favor of defendants. The proceedings are brought before this court for review by a case made after judgment. The defendants are corporations engaged in maritime commerce or navigation. Their articles of association name Portsmouth township as the location of their general office for business. The…
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