Aplin v. Stiles
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Newaygo. (Palmer, J.) Petition for sale of delinquent tax lands under Act No. 195, Laws of 1889. Defendants appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
This is a proceeding by petition, under the general tax law of 1889, Act No. 195 (3 How. Stat. *462p. 2936), for the sale of lands delinquent for the non-payment of the taxes assessed thereon for the year 1887.
Four objections are made to the validity of the proceedings:
1. The title to the act, and the law itself, embrace two objects, and are therefore in violation of section 20 of Article 4 of the Constitution, that “no law shall embrace more than one object, which shall be expressed in its title."
2. The court did not acquire jurisdiction by the service of its subpoena upon the defendants, who…
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