Auditor General v. Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad

This is an appeal from the Bay circuit court, in chancery, overruling the objections of appellant to certain taxes, amounting to $169.74, assessed against it for State, county, and city purposes on the general tax roll for the year 1894. The objections to the tax were upon the ground that the property upon which it is assessed is a part of the terminals and depot grounds of the railroacj company, and is necessarily used in the operation of the company’s road and in the exercise of its franchise. The property is a piece of land near the Saginaw river, through which the railroad tracks run. It…