Bending v. Auditor General

The circuit judge, in disposing of this case, filed a written opinion, which contains a concise statement of the questions involved. It is as follows:

“Facts.

“ In this cause petitioner, Bending, asks the court to vacate and set aside the decrees and the sales thereunder made on certain lands in Ontonagon county for the years 1892, 1893, and 1894. The land is described as the southwest quarter of section seventeen (17), town forty-eight (48) north, of range thirty-eight (38) west. Petitioner claims that the tax decrees and sales for the above-named years were void. The Diamond Match Company and…