Avery v. City of East Saginaw

Avery & Co., the plaintiffs, recovered judgment in the circuit court for the county of Saginaw against the defendant for $453.52 and interest, being city taxes paid under compulsion and protest as unlawfully assessed. Judgment was given in their favor for the full sum claimed. The facts show that plaintiffs, who reside in *588East Saginaw, were assessed there in 1879 as partners, for the sum of $6000 as the value of their personal property. When the board of review met, it held sessions for ten days, during which plaintiffs made no complaint or appearance; and on the last day of the meeting the…