Eyke v. Lange
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus. Belator applied for mandamus to compel the cashier of a bank to pay taxes assessed against certain of its stockholders. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Per curiam
This is a petition filed for the purpose of compelling the respondent to pay the taxes assessed against the stockholders of the Merchants’ National Bank of Muskegon. The validity of the tax is contested and, if we should hold that mandamus is the proper remedy, then, under the issue raised by the pleadings, the' case must be sent down for trial.
Shares of bank-stock are personal property, and are assessed to the owners thereof. In this case the owners of 511 shares have paid their taxes, while the owners of 489 shares have not. The statute (Act No. 195, Laws of 1889, § 11) under which this tax…
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