City of Port Huron v. Wright
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to St. Clair; Tappan, J. Assumpsit by the city of Port Huron against Asa H. Wright and Charles E. Boyce, executors of the last will and testament of Frederick Saunders, deceased, for taxes. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. This is a suit to recover city taxes for the years 1903 and 1904. In the circuit court it was tried without a jury, a finding of facts rendered, and judgment entered for plaintiff.
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Error to St. Clair; Tappan, J. Assumpsit by the city of Port Huron against Asa H. Wright and Charles E. Boyce, executors of the last will and testament of Frederick Saunders, deceased, for taxes. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. This is a suit to recover city taxes for the years 1903 and 1904. In the circuit court it was tried without a jury, a finding of facts rendered, and judgment entered for plaintiff. We quote from said finding of facts: “1. Frederick Saunders, a resident of the second ward of Port Huron, and who in his lifetime had been engaged in business…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
(after stating the facts). First. The first question for our consideration arises from thecontention of defendants that the court erred in his first conclusion of law. They deny that the Dixons have by their áction entered into a contract to pay to the executors 90 per cent, of the appraised value of the estate bequeathed to them. They contend that “ the Dixons are under no absolute obligation, express or implied, to pay to the executors anything whatever;” thát “the title vested in the Dixons by the will was upon a condition subsequent. * * * The probability that the Dixons will continue to…
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