Legal Opinion

Board of Supervisors v. Auditor General

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided April 22, 1873PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Application for certiorari. Application is made for a writ of certiorari to bring up for review the action of respondent in charging back to Midland county certain taxes assessed upon lands included in the land grant to the Flint & Pere Marquette railroad company.

1Opinion of the Court

The Court

held, that the action of the respondent in the premises, being the exercise of an official discretion belonging to an executive department of the state government, is not subject to review judicially, and cannot, therefore, be examined upon certiorari from this court.

Writ denied.

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Ayres v. Board of State AuditorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1880
  2. Warda v. CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF FLUSHINGMichigan Supreme Court · 2005
  3. State Tax-Law CasesMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Germaine v. GovernorMichigan Supreme Court · 1913
  5. Robertson v. State Land BoardOregon Supreme Court · 1902

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