Auditor General v. Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Baraga; Hubbell, J. Petition by Stanley W. Turner, auditor general, for tbe sale of lands delinquent for the taxes of 1894. Prom 'a decree setting aside certain taxes upon objections filed by the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Company and others, petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
The petition of the auditor general came on for hearing at the- October term, 1896, in the Baraga circuit court, in chancery, for the sale of lands delinquent for the taxes of the year 1894. The respondents had paid all the taxes in the township of L’Anse, except the highway and school taxes, and, as to them, they contended that they were void. The court below held them void. The auditor general appeals.
As to the highway taxes, it is contended that they were not authorized by the electors of the township, the question of raising such taxes not having been submitted to them. It appears that…
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