Michigan Lake Superior Power Co. v. Atwood
Michigan Supreme Court
Case made from Chippewa; Steere, J. Replevin by the Michigan Lake Superior Power Company against Prank B. Atwood, treasurer of the city of Sault Ste. Marie, to recover property seized under a tax warrant. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The plaintiff is a corporation organized for the purpose of constructing an hydraulic canal in the city of Sault Ste. Marie, and the defendant is the treasurer *652of said city. The action is replevin for two locomotives seized by the defendant under his tax warrant attached to the general tax roll of the city for the year 1899; and the plaintiff claimed upon the trial, and the circuit judge found, that the warrant conferred no authority to seize property for the assessment in question. The defendant has assigned error.
In the year 1896 a special assessment roll was made, to ■cover the cost of a…
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