Galinski v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Hosmer, J. Bill by Frank Galinski and others against the city of Detroit and Max Koch, city treasurer, to quiet title to certain land. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
Complainants, whose bill was filed in December, 1913, charge that they are owners of a parcel of land, which is described, and have been such owners “for days now last past,” and that the land is worth $1,000 and more. The evidence of their title is a quitclaim deed which, desiring to have recorded, they presented to the city treasurer of Detroit in accordance with Act No. 472, Local Acts of 1901, chap. 10, § 10, with a request that he certify thereon that all city taxes and special assessments on said premises had been paid. This the said treasurer refused to do, exhibiting a book of “Land…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Schneider v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
- Gray v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
- Klatt v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
- Cass Farm Co. v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1905
3Cited by2 opinions
- Village of Grosse Pointe Shores v. HolmesMichigan Supreme Court · 1917
- Reno v. JohnsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1923