Petoskey & Bay Shore Gas Co. v. City of Petoskey
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Emmet; Shepherd, J. Assumpsit by the Petoskey & Bay Shore Gas Company against the city of Petoskey for taxes paid under protest. A judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court is reviewed by plaintiff on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The plaintiff is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Michigan, owning and operating a gas plant in the city of Petoskey. The defendant is a municipal corporation organized under the laws of this State for the incorporation of cities of the fourth class.
This action was brought to recover for certain taxes paid under protest. The declaration consists of a special count in assumpsit, and the common counts. At the trial and after an opening statement made by plaintiff’s attorney, and as soon as the first witness for the plaintiff was sworn, the defendant’s counsel objected to…
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