First Baptist Church v. Roberts
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Bay; Maxwell, J. Petition by tbe First Baptist Church of Bay City against Clinton Roberts and George O. Crane to set aside a tax sale. Decree was entered in accordance with the prayer of the petition, after which petitioner filed a second petition, asking that the decree be opened, and the petitioner permitted to amend its original petition. This petition was granted, and an order afterwards entered affirming the former decree. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This is a petition to set aside a decree entered against the petitioner for taxes assessed upon the general tax roll of 1894. From an order grant*705ing the relief prayed, the respondents, Roberts and Crane, appeal.
After the original petition was filed, an amendment was permitted, setting up that in the decree, when entered, was a blank, under the heading “Amount Decreed against Lands,” which was subsequently filled out by an employé in the county treasurer’s office; and the evidence introduced in support of the petition fully sustains the allegation, bringing the case within the case of Morgan…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Morgan v. TweddleMichigan Supreme Court · 1899
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