Gray v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Lillibridge, J. Bill by William J. Gray and Robert T. Gray, copartners as Gray & Gray, and George L. Beecher and Luther S. Trowbridge, administrators of the estate of Luther Beecher, deceased, against the city of Detroit, to cancel certain tax sales. From a decree dismissing the bill on demurrer, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
In 1895 William J. Gray and Robert T. Gray were employed by the administrators of the estate of Luther Beecher to examine the title to certain real estate, upon which said administrators were about to, and afterwards did, loan the sum of $20,000. It was found that this land had been sold for taxes, and bid in by the city of Detroit. An offer to pay or purchase these tax bids was made to the clerk in the office of the city treas*658urer by Mr. Harvey, to whom the loan was to be made, who was informed that they were too busy in the office to give the matter attention at that particular time. The…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hand v. Auditor GeneralMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
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