Shelden v. Township of Marion
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Osceola. (Judkins, J.) Assumpsit. Defendant brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
Plaintiff is the owner of 1,000 acres of land in the defendant township. In the year 1892 there was assessed against these lands the sum of $262.43. Plaintiff paid the tax to the treasurer of the defendant township under protest, and within 30 days brought this suit to recover back the amount, with interest. . He prevailed in the court below, and the defendant brings error.
The ground upon which the plaintiff recovered below was that the tax was levied without jurisdiction, for the reason that the record of the board of supervisors in which appeared the equalization and apportionment of taxes…
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