Godkin v. Corliss
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Bay; Shepard, J. Assumpsit by John Godkin against Edward E. Corliss, city treasurer of Bay City, for taxes paid under protest. There was judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtBlair, J.
Plaintiff brought suit against defendant, city treasurer of Bay City, to recover the amount of a personal tax assessed against his personal property in Doyle township in the county of Schoolcraft, which amount was paid by plaintiff, under written pro*508test, to release his personal property in Bay City from a levy made by defendant under the authority of a statement made to him by the treasurer of Doyle township, pursuant to section 3871, 1 Comp. Laws. The declaration was on the common counts in assumpsit. The statement of the township treasurer duly signed, certified, and acknowledged .as…
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