City of Lansing v. Board of State Auditors
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by the city of Lansing to compel the board of state auditors to allow a claim against the State for affording fire and police protection to its property. In 1893 the legislature passed a local act entitled: “An act to reincorporate the city of Lansing, in the county of Ingham, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith.”
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Mandamus by the city of Lansing to compel the board of state auditors to allow a claim against the State for affording fire and police protection to its property. In 1893 the legislature passed a local act entitled: “An act to reincorporate the city of Lansing, in the county of Ingham, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith.” This act will be found in the Local Acts of 1893, extending from page 1230 to page 1306. Section 14, tit. 10, p. 1270, reads as follows: “ The council shall afford all fire and police protection to property owned by the State, and bestow such care…
1DissentHooker, J.
I cannot concur with the majority of the court. The legislature, by Act No. 405, Local Acts 1893, passed “An act to reincorporate the city of Lansing, in the county of Ingham, and to repeal all *330acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith.” Section 14 of title 10 of said act reads as follows:
“The council shall afford all fire and police protection to property owned by the State, and bestow such care and attention upon the streets, sidewalks, cross-walks, sewers, and drains as the council shall deem necessary to such streets or avenues upon which may be located any of the State’s buildings,…
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