Attorney General v. State Board of Assessors
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by John E. Bird, attorney general, to compel the State board of assessors to make an assessment against the property assessed by it at the rate determined by the assessed value of other property in the State. Certain railroad companies intervening. At the session of 1905 the legislature, by Act No. 282, Pub.
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Mandamus by John E. Bird, attorney general, to compel the State board of assessors to make an assessment against the property assessed by it at the rate determined by the assessed value of other property in the State. Certain railroad companies intervening. At the session of 1905 the legislature, by Act No. 282, Pub. Acts 1905, provided for the assessment of the property of railroad, express, sleeping car, and other companies, in pursuance of section 11 of article 14 of the Constitution, as amended, and provided in substance that the rate at which such property should be taxed should be…
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
{after stating the facts). The contention of the attorney general is that section 11 of article *7514 of the Constitution provides the manner of ascertaining the average rate of taxation, and that, in so far as Act No. 282 of the Public Acts of, 1905 undertakes to repose in the board of assessors the right to ascertain and determine from other sources than the assessments actually made the amount at which the property of the State should be assessed, and to use such estimate as a divisor, it is in conflict with the provisions of the Constitution, and is void. On the part of the intervening…
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