Corby v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Mandell, J. Assumpsit by Thomas W. Corby against the city of Detroit and village of Grosse Pointe Park for recovery of taxes paid under protest. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
In this action plaintiff seeks to recover the amount of certain paving taxes, previously paid under protest, which were levied upon land belonging to him, located in the then village of Fairview. The levy was made pursuant to a special assessment for paving that portion of Jefferson avenue running through said village.
Jefferson avenue is an old, important, and well-known thoroughfare of the city of Detroit, and continues easterly under the same name into contiguous territory, formerly constituting the township of Grosse Pointe, in which plaintiff’s land lies fronting on both sides of said…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Thomas v. GainMichigan Supreme Court · 1876
- Farr v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
- Cote v. Village of Highland ParkMichigan Supreme Court · 1912
- Fletcher Paper Co. v. City of AlpenaMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
- Nowlen v. City of Benton HarborMichigan Supreme Court · 1903
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