Finn v. Haynes

This is a case made after judgment in the Superior Court of Grand Rapids.

The plaintiff was the owner of a tavern and leased it in 1871 to one Levi Husbands who executed a chattel mortgage dated in February, 1871, to secure to the plaintiff the sum of $800. The articles mortgaged consisted of bedding, bedsteads, dishes and the like in the tavern.

Husbands kept a bar for the sale of spirituous and in*64toxicating liquors, but neglected to pay the required tax under the act of 1875 (Pub. L., 1875, p. 274).

The county treasurer then issued his warrant under section eight and delivered it to defendant…