Legal Opinion

Board of Supervisors v. Supervisor of Mentor

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided December 23, 1892PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Mandamus. Delator applied for mandamus to compel respondents to spread upon the assessment rolls of their several townships the county tax as apportioned for 1891. The facts are stated in the majority opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.

The petition for the writ of mandamus in this case is filed by the prosecuting attorney of Cheboygan county in behalf of the relator to compel the respondents to spread upon the assessment rolls of their respective townships the county taxes apportioned thereto for the *387year 1891. The respondents refused to spread such taxes, for the reason that the apportionment was fraudulent, illegal, and void.

The facts upon which they based such refusal, as set up in their answers, are as follows: Certain citizens of the county of Cheboygan 'petitioned the board of supervisors to vote financial aid to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Common Council v. SchlichMichigan Supreme Court · 1890

3Cited by27 opinions

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  3. Attorney General ex rel. Brotherton v. Common CouncilMichigan Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Romulus City Treasurer v. Wayne County Drain CommissionerMichigan Court of Appeals · 1978
  5. Laubach v. O'MearaMichigan Supreme Court · 1895

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