W. A. Sturgeon & Co. v. Board of Assessors
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Wayne; Hosmer, J. Mandamus by W. A. Sturgeon & Company to compel the board of assessors and the common council of the city of Detroit to strike an assessment from the tax rolls. An order denying the writ is reviewed by relator on writ of certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
The complainant, a corporation, previously doing business in the city of Detroit, filed an application for mandamus in the circuit court, praying that the respondents be compelled to strike an assessment of $50,000 made against them from the assessment rolls for the current year. The writ was denied at circuit, and the case is here on certiorari.
The claim made is that previous to the 1st day of April the relator had parted with the title to a quantity of diamonds, which the respondents, with full knowledge of the facts, placed and retained upon said roll against the protest of relator. The…
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