Fargo v. Powers
District Court, E.D. Michigan
In Equity. Suit by James C. Fargo, president of the American Express Company, against Perry F. Powers (Bradley substituted), Auditor General of the State of Michigan, and others. Decree for defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, District Judge.
This case involves the authority of the State Board of Assessors, and the method of its exercise, in assessing the-property of express companies in Michigan.
The American Express Company, in 1903 and previously, did business and operated routes and possessed property in Michigan, which was in 1903 subject to taxation in this state; the State Board of Assessors imposed a tax for 1903 upon its Michigan property.
The statute under which taxation of the express company’s property took place was Act 173 of 1901, as amended by Act 45 of 1903.
The bill is filed by James C. Fargo,…
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