Beecher v. Common Council
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Wayne; Frazer, J. Mandamus by George L. Beecher to compel the common council of the city of Detroit to vacate an assessment for taxes on personal property. From an order denying the writ, relator brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, C. J.
In 1896 the board of assessors of Detroit assessed George L. Beecher.for taxation upon personal property valued at $304,000. He appealed to the board of review, and thence to the common council, claiming that he was not a resident of the city of Detroit, but that he is a resident of Negaunee, Mich., and hence the assessment of his personal property in Detroit was unauthorized. The board and the common council refusing to relieve him from this assessment, he filed a petition in the Wayne circuit court for mandamus to compel the respondent to *229correct the assessment against him by striking…
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