East Jordan Lumber Co. v. Village of East Jordan
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus. Argued January 18, 1894. Granted May 18, 1894. Relator applied for mandamus to compel respondent to levy a tax sufficient to pay the claim of relator under a contract to furnish a water supply. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This is an application for a mandamus to compel the respondent, by its common council, to proceed to levy a tax sufficient to pay the relator the sum of $2,249.21, due upon a contract between the relator’s assignor1 and the respondent, by which the relator’s *203assignor undertook to furnish a water supply for the prevention of fires.
The contract was made in 1888, and, in substance, provided that the lumber company should furnish, and connect with its sawmill boilers, a duplex steam fire pump, with not less than five-inch suction and four-inch discharge, and lay a five-inch wrought-iron pipe…
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