Auditor General v. Calkins
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Emmet; Shepherd, J. Petition by Perry E. Powers, auditor general, for the sale of lands delinquent for taxes: On objections filed by Henry T. Calkins and others. Prom a decree for petitioner, contestants appeal. Fifteen persons, the owners of 13 distinct parcels of land, appeared in this suit, instituted by the auditor general in 1903 for the sale of lands delinquent for taxes assessed thereon, and objected to the sale, alleging that the proceedings were void.
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Appeal from Emmet; Shepherd, J. Petition by Perry E. Powers, auditor general, for the sale of lands delinquent for taxes: On objections filed by Henry T. Calkins and others. Prom a decree for petitioner, contestants appeal. Fifteen persons, the owners of 13 distinct parcels of land, appeared in this suit, instituted by the auditor general in 1903 for the sale of lands delinquent for taxes assessed thereon, and objected to the sale, alleging that the proceedings were void. The tax was levied for grading, paving the gutters, and filling the center of a fixed portion of a given street with…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
(after stating the facts). The statute provides that:
*4“No tax assessed upon any property, or sale therefor, shall be held invalid by any court of this State on account of any irregularity in any assessment, or on account of any assessment or tax roll not having been made or proceeding had within the time required by law, or on account of the property having been assessed without the name of the owner, or in the name of any person other than the owner, or on account of any other irregularity, informality, or omission, or want of any matter of form or substance in any proceeding that does not…
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- Gantz v. TolesMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
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