Petrie Lumber Co. v. Collins

In July, 1885, the defendant, as marshal of the village of North Muskegon, levied upon six piles of lumber to satisfy a tax which was assessed in said village in the name of A. H. Petrie & Co.

*65The plaintiff, an incorporated company, brought this suit in replevin to recover possession of this lumber, claiming to be the owner thereof, and recovered judgment in the circuit court for Muskegon county for nominal damages.

The lumber was the property of plaintiff, but defendant resisted the right of possession claimed by it, on the ground that the tax by virtue of which he seized it was a valid tax…