Thomas v. Board of Supervisors
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Webster (Arthur) and Codd (George P.), JJ. Bill by (William S. Thomas and others against the board of supervisors of Wayne county and others to enjoin the maintenance of a tract index and the furnishing of abstracts of title to land. From the decree rendered, all parties appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
This suit is brought by the plaintiffs, who are taxpayers of the county of Wayne, to test the *75right or power of the county to establish and maintain a tract index and to make and furnish abstracts of title to lands in that county. On September 18, 1913, a petition was presented to the board of county auditors by certain real estate dealers and brokers, requesting that a complete abstracter’s tract index of the lands in the county be compiled and placed in the office of the register of deeds for use of the county officials and the general public. It was represented in the petition that there…
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