Porter v. State Land Office Board

Plaintiffs petition this court for a writ of mandamus to compel defendant board to execute and deliver quitclaim deed conveying to them all right, title, and interest held by the State on August 3,1943, in and to certain lands located in the village of Saugatuck, Allegan county. In response to an order to show cause, defendant filed answer denying plaintiffs ’ right to the writ.

The material facts are not in dispute. In pursuance of the general tax law (1 Comp. Laws 1929, § 3389 et seq. as amended [See Comp. Laws Supp. 1940 and 1943, § 3389 et seq., Stat. Ann. and Stat. Ann. 1943 Cum. Supp. §…