Oakland County v. State Land Office Board

By virtue of sale for taxes in 1938, title to the property of the Masonic Temple Association of Pontiac vested in the State of Michigan under the terms of Act No. 155, Pub. Acts 1937, as amended by Act No. 244, Pub. Acts 1939 (Comp. Laws Supp. 1940, § 3723-1 et seq., Stat. Ann. 1940 Cum. Supp. § 7.951 et seq.).

The county of Oakland desiring the property for public purposes, the board of supervisors took action to acquire the same and, to that end, on February 10, 1940, tendered the State officials the sum of $55,654.87, that being the amount of the 1938 State bid for the property, plus…