Barnum v. Barnes
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Van Burén; Buck, J. Petition by Isaac E. Barnum against Arthur E. Barnes and the auditor general to set aside a tax sale. Prom a decree dismissing the petition, petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The petitioner is a mortgagee of the premises in question, which were sold for the tax of 1893, under a decree of the circuit court on petition of the auditor general. The purchaser sold to Barnes, who has appeared by solicitors in this proceeding.
The petition is filed to open the decree entered in the proceedings instituted by the auditor general, under which the sale was made, and allow the petitioner to defend against the tax, upon several grounds set up in the petition. The circuit judge denied the prayer of the petition. The jurisdiction of the circuit court is attacked upon the ground…
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