Legal Opinion

Williams v. City of Saginaw

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided June 20, 1883PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Error to Saginaw. (Grage, J.) Assumpsit. Defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.

It appeal’s by the finding of facts that the partnership of which plaintiff is the survivor was lawfully assessable in the city for personal property for the year 1879, and that there was no want of jurisdiction in the comptroller in the assessment which he made. The question, then, resolves itself into this: whether the assessment was excessive. - This is not a question for the courts to try: the statute has provided a board of review to which appeals may be taken, and has declared that its decision shall be final. Local Acts 1875, p. 295.

*121Tlie plaintiff contends tliat inasmuch as the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. City of Charlestown v. County CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
  2. McCoy v. AndersonMichigan Supreme Court · 1882
  3. E. & T. Fairbanks & Co. v. KittredgeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1850
  4. Judkins v. ReedSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1860

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Brown v. City of Grand RapidsMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Elmendorf v. City of San AntonioTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
  3. Peninsula Iron & Lumber Co. v. Township of Crystal FallsMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
  4. Comstock v. City of Grand RapidsMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Auditor General v. ChandlerMichigan Supreme Court · 1896

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