City of Birmingham v. Oakland County Supervisors

The cities of Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills, located in Oakland county, and certain individual taxpayers of each city began suits against the board of supervisors of Oakland county and the State tax commission in November, 1934. Both suits are alike and the bills of complaint were filed for similar purposes.

Plaintiffs allege a complete failure on the part of the board of supervisors of Oakland county to equalize values as a basis for the assessment and collection of taxes for the fiscal year 1934-1935 in accordance with the provisions of 1 Comp. Laws 1929, § 3422, in that there was a…