People ex rel. Estes v. Denahy
Michigan Supreme Court
Application for mandamus: By Charles H. Estes, Commissioner appointed under the act of 1867 (No. Jfll, p. 964-), appropriating certain nonresident highway taxes for the improvement of certain State roads, and providing for the construction and improvement thereof, to compel John Denahy, Treasurer of the township of Elk Rapids, to pay to the relator, certain moneys in the possession of Denahy, and which the relator claims, were appropriated to the improvement of the Traverse…
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Application for mandamus: By Charles H. Estes, Commissioner appointed under the act of 1867 (No. Jfll, p. 964-), appropriating certain nonresident highway taxes for the improvement of certain State roads, and providing for the construction and improvement thereof, to compel John Denahy, Treasurer of the township of Elk Rapids, to pay to the relator, certain moneys in the possession of Denahy, and which the relator claims, were appropriated to the improvement of the Traverse Bay and Houghton Lake State Road, — one of the roads mentioned in the act.
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
• The relator in this case is the Commissioner appointed by the G-overnor for the purpose of receiving and expending the moneys appropriated to the Traverse Bay and Houghton Lake State Road by “an act appropriating certain non-resident highway taxes for the improvement of certain State roads, and providing for the construction and improvement thereof,” approved March 27,1867. Laws 1867, vol. 2 p. 964. The respondent is Township Treasurer of the township of Elk Rapids, and has in his possession certain of the moneys, which, by the act aforesaid, were appropriated to the Traverse Bay and…
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