Nester v. Township of Baraga
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Houghton; Streeter, J. Assumpsit, by George Nester, John F. Nester, Frank P. Nester, Maiy N. Bourke, and Margaret Nester, co-partners, doing business under the name of the Estate of Thomas Nester, against the township of Baraga, to recover taxes paid under protest. From a judgment for plaintiff's on verdict directed by the court, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Hooker, O. J.
The plaintiffs are copartners living in different places, — one in Baraga county, and some in Detroit. Their business consists partly in lumbering, and they own and operate a sawmill in Baraga county, employing from 100 to 150 men in their business in Baraga county during lumbering seasons. They also own a number of vessels, tugs, and barges, and do a general freighting business, as well as business in connection with their lumber business. Their office is at Detroit, where their books are kept, and to which daily reports of the Baraga business are uniformly sent, and their…
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