Legal Opinion

General v. Kanaar

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 25, 1897Published

Appeal from Muskegon; Russell, J. Petition by Stanley W. Turner, auditor general, for the sale of certain lands delinquent for the taxes of 1893. Objections were filed by Roelof Kanaar. Prom a decree for petitioner, contestant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.

This case involves the same tax proceedings as those which were involved in Auditor General v. Hutchinson, 113 Mich. 245, and it is conceded that all the questions raised by the original answer of contestant are ruled by that decision. Contestant and several other taxpayers now seek to avoid the payment of their taxes, which were, by the former decision, adjudged valid, by showing that the auditor general, in June, 1896, caused all the taxes assessed upon their land for 1893 and other years involved in this proceeding to be rejected, and that under date of June 30, 1896, he caused a statement…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Auditor General v. HutchinsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Brewer v. DodgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1873
  3. People ex rel. Throop v. Auditor GeneralMichigan Supreme Court · 1861

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