Legal Opinion
In Re Petition of Auditor General
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided June 19, 1940No. Docket No. 103, Calendar No. 40,876PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtButzel, J.
The question presented by this appeal is whether certain lands owned by plaintiff cemetery association are' exempt from taxes assessed by defendant city of Pontiac.
Plaintiff was incorporated in 1921 under Act No. 12, Pub. Acts 1869, as amended (2 Comp. Laws 1929, §10440 [Stat. Ann. §21.871]), which provides for the formation of corporations to establish rural cemeteries. Section 8 of this act (2 Comp. Laws 1929, § 10447 [Stat. Ann. § 21.878]) declares that:
“All the lands of said corporation inclosed and set apart for cemetery purposes, and all rights of burial therein, shall be wholly exempt…
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