John Duncan Land & Mining Co. v. Rusch
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Gogebic; Haire, J. Bill by the John Duncan Land & Mining Company against Albert H. Rusch to set aside a certain tax notice and the service thereof. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
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Appeal from Gogebic; Haire, J. Bill by the John Duncan Land & Mining Company against Albert H. Rusch to set aside a certain tax notice and the service thereof. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals. The bill of complaint, filed January 16, 1905, by one claiming to be the owner of the original or government title to the N. £ of section 12, in town 47 N., of range 42 "W., prays that a certain tax notice and the service thereof be declared void and be set aside, and that defendant be required to convey to complainant said land upon payment of the amount he paid for a certain tax…
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
(after stating the facts). 1. It has been decided (Williams v. Olson, 141 Mich. 580) that, when a description of land has been sold for taxes of several years, and a single tax deed issued to a purchaser from the State, the notice is good if it specifies the amount paid for the deed. We have held, also, that, if the tax deed contains several descriptions of land, sold for the taxes of a single and the same year, the notice should specify the amount required to redeem each description. Jackson v. Mason, 143 Mich. 355. The statute (section 141, general tax law), expressly provides that the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Williams v. OlsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1905
- Jackson v. MasonMichigan Supreme Court · 1906
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