Auditor General v. Jenkinson
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from St. Clair. (Canfield, J.) Petition for sale of lands delinquent for taxes under Act No. 195, Laws of 1889. Contestant appeals. Amount of increase of taxes, caused by an intentional under-assessment of property, deducted. The facts are stated, in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
The Auditor General having filed his petition in the manner required by section 52 of the tax law of 1889, asking that a decree be entered for the amount of taxes assessed for the year 1888 upon delinquent lands in St. Clair county, the appellant filed objections to the taxes assessed against her property, and a hearing was had.
The evidence .shows that the vessel property owned in the city of Port Huron was assessed at 10 per cent, of its actual cash value. The same course had been pursued the previous year, and a bill in' equity had been filed by one Robert Walsh to test the validity of such…
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