Legal Opinion

Board of State Tax Commissioners v. Kohler

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided November 6, 1916No. Calendar No. 27,556PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Mandamus by the State Board of Tax Commissioners against John Kohler and others, constituting the board of assessors of the city of Detroit, to compel respondents to turn over to relators for inspection and review the assessment rolls of said city.

1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.

This is a petition for mandamus to require the defendants, who constitute the board of assessors of the city of Detroit, to turn over the assessment rolls of said city to plaintiff, the board of State tax commissioners, to enable it to review the same.

*421An order to show cause having been made, and defendants having answered, we are met, at the threshold, with the objection that the plaintiffs petition is fatally defective because it does not set forth a state of facts such as is required by the statute to exist before an order looking to the review of assessments, such as the order referred to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Newport Mining Co. v. City of IronwoodMichigan Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Board of State Tax Commissioners v. Board of AssessorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1900
  3. Attorney General ex rel. Barnes v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Bialy v. Bay CityMichigan Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Board of State Tax Commissioners v. QuinnMichigan Supreme Court · 1900

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hudson Motor Car Co. v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1937
  2. Moran v. Grosse Pointe TownshipMichigan Supreme Court · 1947
  3. Champion's Auto Ferry, Inc v. Public Service CommissionMichigan Court of Appeals · 1998
  4. In Re Dearborn Clinic & Diag. Hosp.Michigan Supreme Court · 1955
  5. Fruehauf Trailer Co. v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1948

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