People ex rel. Detroit & Howell Railroad v. Township Board
Michigan Supreme Court
Application for mandamus : By tbe Detroit and Howell Railroad Company to compel the Township Board of Salem, to execute and issue bonds to aid in the construction of the railroad proposed by the relator to be constructed through the township of • Salem, as provided by act No. 49, of 1864, entitled “ an act to authorize the several townships in the counties of Livingston, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne, to pledge their credit, and the County of Livingston to raise by tax a loan…
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Application for mandamus : By tbe Detroit and Howell Railroad Company to compel the Township Board of Salem, to execute and issue bonds to aid in the construction of the railroad proposed by the relator to be constructed through the township of • Salem, as provided by act No. 49, of 1864, entitled “ an act to authorize the several townships in the counties of Livingston, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne, to pledge their credit, and the County of Livingston to raise by tax a loan of money to aid in the construction of a railroad from some point near the city of Detroit to Howell, in the County of…
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
The act of 1864, under which the proceedings in question were taken, provides that it shall be lawful for each of the several townships in the counties of Livingston, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne, to pledge their credit to aid ih the construction oí a railroad from some point near the city of Detroit to the village of Howell, for such sum or sums not exceeding five per centum of the assessed val-*471nation for the time being, of the real and personal property in such township as the electors of such township shall, at a meeting or meetings called for that purpose, determine. The electors, it is…
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