Feily v. Bay View Campground Ass'n of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Emmet; Shepherd (Frank), J. Bill by John Feily and others against the Bay View Campground Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church and others to set aside a settlement for the payment of taxes. From a decree for plaintiff, defendant association appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, C. J.
The Michigan Campground Association was incorporated in 1876, and the land described in the bill of complaint in this case was donated to it by citizens of Petoskey. The association did not perform highway labor tax on the highways of the township, nor did it commute the same. In 1890 it was reincorporated under Act No. 39 of Public Acts of 1889 (2 Comp. Laws 1915, § 10062 et seq.), tailing the name “Bay View Campground Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church,” which is one of the defendants. The title of that act reads:
“An act to authorize the formation of corporations for the purchase…
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