People ex rel. Houghton County v. Auditor General

Campbell J.:

The petitioner claims, as a county of the Upper Peninsula, one-half of the specific taxes which have been paid into the State Treasury by mining corporations situated in Houghton county paying a specific tax of one per cent. *142It appears that a balance of $10,851,03, remains unpaid to the county, and for the issuing of a warrant by the Auditor General a mandamus is now asked of this court..

This is resisted partly on the ground that the application to the Auditor General is not in due form, and partly because it is claimed there has been no legal appropriation.

It appears that the…