Conroy v. City of Battle Creek

The city commission of the city of Battle Creek determined that a revaluation and reappraisal for assessment purposes of the property in the city should be made. On March 27, 1945, Cole-Layer Company of Dayton, Ohio, a copartnership, consisting of John D. Cole, Harold F. Layer and Melvin J. Trumble, herein for brevity called the company, made two written propositions addressed to the city assessor of Battle Creek in which the company offered to furnish the services of experienced and qualified appraisers to appraise and revalue for assessment purposes all of the land and buildings and the…