Sunday Lake Iron Co. v. Township of Wakefield
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Gogebic; Cooper, J. Assumpsit by the Sunday Lake Iron Company against the township of Wakefield to recover back taxes paid under protest. Judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtKuhn, J.
This action is brought in assumpsit to recover from the defendant $31,910.45 in taxes on its property for the year 1911, paid by the plaintiff under protest. At the conclusion of the testimony, the trial court directed a verdict for the defendant of no cause of action, and, judgment being entered thereon, plaintiff brings the case to this court for review by writ of error.
The property of the plaintiff was assessed in the years 1910 .and' 1911 by the township supervisor at $65,000. In 1911, the board of State tax commissioners, acting under authority of legislative enactment (Act No. 114, Pub.…
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