Thompson v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Hosmer, J. Assumpsit by William G. Thompson and another, trustees of the estate of Edmund A. Brush, deceased, against the city of Detroit, to recover taxes paid under protest. Erom a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, C. J.
Plaintiffs are the trustees of the Edmund A. Brush estate, and bring this action to recover from the defendant the amount of $1,199.55 paid for taxes under protest. The tax or assessment was upon certain real estate of the Brush estate, for the opening and widening of Randolph street, in the city of Detroit. Plaintiffs recovered in the court below.
There are but two questions involved:
1. The validity of the tax.
2. Whether the payment was voluntary.
There is no dispute of fact. It appears that, at the time the assessment roll was prepared, Theodore Rentz, Fred E. Farnsworth, and William T. Dust…
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