City of Traverse City v. Township of Blair
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Grand Traverse; Mayne, J. Assumpsit by the city of Traverse City against the township of Blair for the recovery of taxes paid under protest. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
Plaintiff, an incorporated city, brought this action to recover the amount of taxes, paid by it under protest, which had been assessed for the year 1913 against its electric light and power plant located within the territorial confines of defendant township.
Plaintiff’s protest and right to recover are based upon subdivision 3 of section 3830, 1 Comp. Laws, amended in 1911, Act No. 174, Pub. Acts 1911 (1 *315Comp. Laws 1915, § 4001), which exempts from taxation “lands owned by any county, township, city, village, or school district and buildings thereon used for public purposes.”
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