People ex rel. Houghton County v. Auditor General

In the year 1871 the treasurer of the county of Houghton failed to make return in due season of the lands upon which the taxes for the preceding year remained unpaid, and when he sent in a return after considerable delay, the then Auditor General refused to receive it and credit the county with the amount. The same thing happened the next year. At the April session of this court, 1877, an application was made for a mandamus to compel the Auditor General to give the county credit for the delinquent taxes shown by the delayed returns; but the application was refused on the ground that while the…