Shearer v. Board of Supervisors
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Bay; Shepard, J. Bill by Gr. Henry Shearer and others against the board of supervisors of Bay county and others to restrain the issue of certain bonds. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, C. J.
The bill in this case was filed by a number of taxpayers of the county to restrain the issue of $100,000 of bonds for the purpose of extending the county road system. The bill alleges that the levy of the tax on the property of complainants to meet the bond issue would exceed $100, and that the amount levied upon the property of several of the complainants individually would exceed $100. Under the amended pleadings, two questions are presented: First, whether the county road system was legally adopted in Bay county; and, second, whether the issue of the $100,000 of bonds in question was…
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