Union Trust Co. v. Common Council
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Wayne; Hally, J. Mandamus by the Union Trust Company against the common council and assessors of the city of Detroit to compel respondents to deduct from relator’s assessed property the value of certain mortgages and other credits of relator. An order granting the writ is reviewed by respondents on certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The relator by petition asked the circuit court of Wayne county to issue a writ of mandamus to compel the common council of the city of Detroit, sitting as a board of assessors, to deduct for taxation purposes from its capital stock, surplus, and undivided profits the items of $655,243.23 of real estate mortgages upon which the specific mortgage tax of one-half of 1 per cent, has been paid to the county treasurer, and $64,947.02 of land contracts on which said tax has been paid to said county treasurer, and $192,295 of stocks claimed to be owned by it in Michigan corporations which pay taxes…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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