Lyell v. Lapeer County

WILKINS, District Judge.

This action-was brought by the plaintiff [James Lyell], a subject of the queen of Great Britain and Ireland, against the board of supervisors of the county of Lapeer, on a county order described in the declaration as follows: “$500 -- receivable for taxes, -, No. 1089. Treasurer of Lapeer County, pay to G. Williams or bearer, $500. By order of the Board of Supervisors, with interest. G. A. Griffin, Chairman. Wm. Beech, Clerk. Lapeer, June 22, 1848." During the trial a number of exceptions were taken to the rulings of the court, and the questions raised form (with the…