East Saginaw Manufacturing Co. v. City of East Saginaw
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from Saginaw Circuit. This was an in] unction bill against the City of Bast Saginaw and Charles V. Deland, City Marshal, to prevent the collection of a tax levied by the municipal authorities upon the real estate of the complainant.
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Appeal in Chancery from Saginaw Circuit. This was an in] unction bill against the City of Bast Saginaw and Charles V. Deland, City Marshal, to prevent the collection of a tax levied by the municipal authorities upon the real estate of the complainant. The bill states that the complainant is a corporation formed under the general mining and manufacturing law of Michigan, in April, 1859, for the purpose of manufacturing salt from salt water to be obtained in the State of Michigan; that prior to the year 1859, and until the fact was demonstrated by the experiment and expenditure of complainant,…
1Opinion of the Court
Cooley Oh. J.
On the fifteenth day of February, 1859, the Legislature of this State passed the following act:
“ Sec. 1. The people of the State of Michigan enact: That all companies or corporations formed, or that may be formed, for the purpose of boring for and manufacturing-salt in this State, and any and all individuals engaged or to be engaged in such manufacture shall be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of this act.
Sec. 2. All property, real and personal, used for the purpose mentioned in the first section of this act, shall be exempt from taxation for any purpose.
Sec. 3. There…
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