Stroh v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Wayne; Frazer, Carpenter, Donovan, Rohnert, Brooke, and Hosmer (dissenting), JJ. Mandamus by Julius Stroh against the city of- Detroit and the common council of said city to compel the vacation of a tax assessment. From an order granting the writ, respondents bring certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, C. J.
The Stroh Brewery Company is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of West Virginia. All but one of its stockholders reside in Detroit, where its principal place of business is located, and where all of its property is situated and assessed for taxes. The authorities having assessed the relator for the value of his shares of stock in said corporation for city taxes for the year 1902, the circuit court ordered this assessment vacated, and the city has removed the case to this court by certiorari.
The Constitution of this State requires that there be a uniform rule of taxation, and…
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