Attorney General v. Common Council
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by Fred A. Maynard, Attorney General, to compel the common council of the city of Detroit, sitting as a board of review, to place the property of certain corporations upon the assessment rolls for taxation.
1Per curiam
The board of assessors of the city of Detroit assessed the property, real and personal, of the Masonic Temple Association, at the sum of #169,000, of the Harmonie Society at #47,700, of the Arbeiter Society at the sum of #13,340, and of the Detroit Telephone Company at the sum of #250,000. The common council, sitting as a board of review, held that the property of the Masonic Temple Association and that of the Harmonie Society were exempt from taxation under subdivision 4 of section 7, Act No. 206, Pub. Acts 1893, which reads as follows:
“Such real estate as shall be owned and occupied by…
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