Township of Stambaugh v. Iron County Treasurer
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Iron; Stone, J. Mandamus by the township of Stambaugh to compel the treasurer of Iron county to pay over certain taxes collected for township and school purposes. There was an order granting the writ, and respondent brings certiorari. The legislature of 1905 passed Local Act No. 578, entitled : “ An act to detach certain territory from the township of Iron River, in the county of Iron, and attach the said territory to the township of Stambaugh, in said county.”
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Certiorari to Iron; Stone, J. Mandamus by the township of Stambaugh to compel the treasurer of Iron county to pay over certain taxes collected for township and school purposes. There was an order granting the writ, and respondent brings certiorari. The legislature of 1905 passed Local Act No. 578, entitled : “ An act to detach certain territory from the township of Iron River, in the county of Iron, and attach the said territory to the township of Stambaugh, in said county.” The act consists of two sections, the first of which detaches townships 44 and 45 north, of range 37 west, from the…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, C. J.
(after stating the facts). The territorial limits of the municipality known as the public schools of Iron River and the township of Iron River were identical. The same is true of the township and school district of Stambaugh. It was clearly the intent of the legislature by these three acts to change the territorial boundaries of the townships of Iron River and Stambaugh and of the school districts existing in each, to vacate the township of Atkinson and attach its territory to the township of Stambaugh, and to provide for the distribution of the uncollected taxes. By this act the territory of…
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