People ex rel. Colby v. Township Board
Michigan Supreme Court
Motion for a mandamus. The following facts were set forth in the petition: That the petitioner was a tax payer owning real and personal property in the township of "Woodhull in the county of Shiawassee of the value of four thousand dollars; that in August, 1864, the quota of said township under a previous call of the President for volunteers was eleven men; that for the purpose of filling said quota the “ petitioner advanced said township the sum of one hundred and…
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Motion for a mandamus. The following facts were set forth in the petition: That the petitioner was a tax payer owning real and personal property in the township of "Woodhull in the county of Shiawassee of the value of four thousand dollars; that in August, 1864, the quota of said township under a previous call of the President for volunteers was eleven men; that for the purpose of filling said quota the “ petitioner advanced said township the sum of one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents on his own account,” and that afterwards on the 3d day of February, 1865, “ he further…
1Opinion of the Court
Christiancy J.
This is an application for a mandamus to compel the township board to meet and audit and allow a claim of the petitioner for the sum of one hundred and forty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents for moneys which he alleges he advanced to the township, “ for the purpose of filling the quota of said township,” which quota is stated to have been, in August, 1863, eleven men, apportioned under a call or proclamation of the President. The advances are all stated to have been made prior to the fourth day of February, 1865. The application is based upon an act of the Legislature of this…
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