Legal Opinion
People v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided October 30, 1924No. Docket No. 75PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
The Detroit & Pontiac Railroad Company was incorporated by an act of the territorial legislature in 1834 and the Oakland & Ottawa Railroad Company by an act passed in 1848. A connection between these roads was provided for in Act No. 96, Laws of 1850. By Act No. 140, Laws of 1855, the name of the latter was changed to the Detroit & Milwaukee Railway Company and it was authorized to purchase the property of the former. Section 9 of this act reads as follows:
“The said company shall, on or before the first day ■of July, pay the State treasurer an annual tax of one per cent, on the capital stock…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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