Legal Opinion

City of Detroit v. Martin

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided June 6, 1876PublishedCited by 39 opinions

Error to Superior Court of Detroit. cited : Fleetwood v. City of N. Y., 2 Sandf., 485; Forrest v. Mayor of N. Y., 13 Abbott, 352; N. Y. & H. R. R. Co. v. Marsh, 12 N. Y., 308; Lott v. Swezey, 29 Barb., 87; 11 N. Y., 99; Cooley on Taxation, 565-70. cited: Nicodemus v. East Saginaw, 25 Mich., 456; First Nat. Bank, etc., v. Thayer, 21 Mich., 483; 2 Dillon Mun.

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Error to Superior Court of Detroit. cited : Fleetwood v. City of N. Y., 2 Sandf., 485; Forrest v. Mayor of N. Y., 13 Abbott, 352; N. Y. & H. R. R. Co. v. Marsh, 12 N. Y., 308; Lott v. Swezey, 29 Barb., 87; 11 N. Y., 99; Cooley on Taxation, 565-70. cited: Nicodemus v. East Saginaw, 25 Mich., 456; First Nat. Bank, etc., v. Thayer, 21 Mich., 483; 2 Dillon Mun. Corp., 855 and notes; Jenks v. Lima, 17 Ind., 226; Preston v. Boston, 12 Pick., 7; Cook v. Boston, 9 Allen, 393; 13 Gray, 476; Baker v. Cincinnati, 11 Ohio, 534; Taylor v. Board of Healthy, 31 Penn., 73; Green v. School Dist., 57 Penn.…

1Opinion of the Court

Marston, J:

Plaintiff below, defendant in error, was the owner of a certain lot in the city of Detroit upon which there was assessed'Tiinety-six dollars and fifty-four cents on account of the opening of Labrosso street in said city. After the assessment was made he received a written notice signed by the city attorney notifying him of the fact and requesting him to pay the amount thereof within sixty days from the date of service of the notice, and that in case of failure, at the expiration of that time the property so assessed would be advertised and sold by the receiver of taxes of said city…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Wickliffe's Executors v. PrestonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1862
  2. Paul v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1875
  3. Bucknall v. StoryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1873
  4. Loud v. City of CharlestownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
  5. Fleetwood v. City of New YorkThe Superior Court of New York City · 1849

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Bond v. Ann Arbor School DistrictMichigan Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Aluminum Company of America, and Cross-Appellant v. Department of the Treasury of the State of Michigan, and Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
  3. Taylor v. HallTexas Supreme Court · 1888
  4. Beachlawn Building Corp. v. City of St. Clair ShoresMichigan Supreme Court · 1963
  5. Hoke v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899

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