Corby v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Mandell, J. Assumpsit by Thomas W. Corby against the city of Detroit and the village of Grosse Pointe Park for the recovery of taxes paid under protest. Judgment for defendants on a verdict directed by the court. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
This is the second time this case has been before the court. The opinion filed upon the first hearing will be found reported in 180 Mich., at page 208 (146 N; W. 670). As a result of the first hearing this court determined that plaintiff had been overcharged in the sum of $808.67. The case was thereupon remanded to the trial court “to compute the tax against plaintiff as above indicated and enter a judgment in his favor for the balance.” When the matter again came up in the circuit court, following the filing of a remittitur, a difference arose between counsel for plaintiff and counsel for…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Prout v. Inhabitants of the Fire District in PittsfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- City of Shawneetown v. BakerIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
- Corby v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1914
3Cited by1 opinion
- Harry B. Helmsley v. City of Detroit, Michigan, a Municipal Corporation of the State of MichiganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1963