Board of Supervisors v. Auditor General
Michigan Supreme Court
Application for mandamus to compel the payment of interest alleged to be due relator on the “ Swamp-Land Fund,” so called. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
The application in this case is for a writ of mandamus to compel the Auditor General to issue his warrant on the State Treasurer for the proportion alleged to be due to the board of supervisors for the county of Sanilac out of the tax ordered to be levied in 1886 for interest money alleged to be due on the sales of swamp lands, as the share belonging to the board of that county.
The Auditor General, in response to an order to show cause, insists not only that no duty is cast upon him by law to ascertain and pay over such share, but also that the law has, as it now stands, given no money that…
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