Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. People
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to "Wayne. Assumpsit. The declaration is as follows: In the Cwouit Court for the Cownty of Wayne: The People of the State of Michigan, by Otto Kirchner, their Attorney General, complain of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing under' and by virtue of the laws of the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois, defendant, who has been heretofore duly summoned to answer the plaintiffs of a…
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Error to "Wayne. Assumpsit. The declaration is as follows: In the Cwouit Court for the Cownty of Wayne: The People of the State of Michigan, by Otto Kirchner, their Attorney General, complain of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing under' and by virtue of the laws of the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois, defendant, who has been heretofore duly summoned to answer the plaintiffs of a plea of trespass on the case upon promises, thereupon says: That in the year 1846 the Michigan Southern Railroad Company…
1Opinion of the CourtMarston, C. J.
In many respects this case resembles the Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana R. R. Co. v. Auditor General 9 Mich. 448; and People v. The Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana R. R. Co. 4 Mich. 398.
Some prehminary questions have been raised, which it was claimed should dispose of the present controversy, without the necessity of passing upon what might be considered the merits, and these perhaps had better first be disposed of.
As to the proceedings in the Wayne circuit court in chancery commenced in 1862 and in which a decree was rendered restraining the Auditor General from collecting taxes…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Youngblood v. SextonMichigan Supreme Court · 1875
- Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad v. Auditor GeneralMichigan Supreme Court · 1862
- People v. Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1857
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