Diamond Match Co. v. Village of Ontonagon
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ontonagon; Haire, J. Assumpsit by the Diamond Match Company against the village of Ontonagon for taxes paid under protest. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
The only question at issue in this case relates to the validity of the assessment by the village of Ontonagon in the years 1902 and 1903 of one-fourth of 1 per cent, highway tax in excess of one-half of 1 per cent. Action was brought by the plaintiff to recover back from the village the amount of this excess as levied upon the real and personal property of the plaintiff in the village of Ontonagon. The action included claims for taxes based upon alleged defects in the description of certain parcels of property, but on this branch of the claim the decision of the court below was in favor of…
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- Harding v. BaderMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
- Auditor General v. Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1898
- Newaygo County Manufacturing Co. v. EchtinawMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
- Gamble v. StevensMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
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