Legal Opinion
Michigan Sugar Co. v. Auditor General
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided October 2, 1900PublishedCited by 27 opinions
Mandamus by the Michigan Sugar Company to compel Roscoé D. Dix, auditor general, to issue a warrant for the payment of a bounty.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
In 1897, the legislature of this State passed an act entitled:
“An act to provide for the encouragement of the manufacture of beet sugar, and to provide a compensation therefor, and to make an appropriation therefor.” Act No. 48, Pub. Acts 1897.
Section 1 provides:
“There shall be paid out of the State treasury to any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the manufacture, in the State of Michigan, of sugar from sugar beets grown in the State of Michigan, one cent per pound upon each and every pound of sugar so manufactured, under the conditions and restrictions hereinafter provided.”
Section 2…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
- People ex rel. Detroit & Howell Railroad v. Township BoardMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
- People ex rel. Bay City v. State TreasurerMichigan Supreme Court · 1871
- Taylor v. YpsilantiSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Salt Co. v. East SaginawSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Mackin v. Detroit-Timkin Axle Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1915
- Advisory Opinion on Constitutionality of 1975 PA 227Michigan Supreme Court · 1976
- Dukesherer Farms, Inc v. Director of the Department of AgricultureMichigan Supreme Court · 1979
- Miller v. Michigan State Apple CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1941
- Stanton v. Lloyd Hammond Produce FarmsMichigan Supreme Court · 1977
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