City of Sault Ste. Marie v. Hotten
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Chippewa; Shepherd, J., presiding. Mandamus by the city of Sault Ste. Marie against Michael S. Hotten, Chippewa county treasurer, to compel respondent to pay relator a balance due for taxes received. An order granting the writ is reviewed by respondent on certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
This is an application for a writ of mandamus to compel respondent to pay over certain moneys due it upon the quarterly settlement of April 1,1911. The writ was granted by the trial court, and the respondent now asks this court to review it upon certiorari.
In pursuance of the statute (1 Comp. Laws, § 3910, 1 How. Stat. [2d Ed.] § 1857), the respondent, as treasurer of the county of Chippewa, rendered a statement showing the amount due relator on April 1, 1911, from the collection of delinquent taxes. He refused to pay it to the relator as he is enjoined by the statute because of a set-off…
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