The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-18
TAX ON LAND CONTRACTS
Action Started by City of Marquette OF
Interest In all Michigan. -

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Brown has returned from Lansing, where =
he argued before the supreme court the
side of the case against
the Michigan Iron & Land company. Inc
litigation is important and is destined 70
have far-reaching results whichever way :
decided. 1t concerns tax claim against
the company amounting to 81, 800, rep.
resenttng the assessment levied on out
standing contracts in the year 1901. =,
The company is one, of the heaVlestr
landed corporations in the peninsula. u
does a general land business, much OF"
which is on the contract plan-part Oh tns
down and the balance in in
stallments Marquette. being the head
quarters of the company, the con1racts':2
If assessable at all, are assessable here,A-
hence as result Of the work OF the staLe
tax commission, the amounts stlil uue
the company on these sales, aggregatlng@.
s96. 600. were put on the assessment rolls.
The company took the position the cons
tracts were not taxable, and refused 10 =
settle with the city treasurer. Inc city
pushed the case in the circuit court anu
was victorious, judgment being given 1or>
the full amount claimed. FROM thls oe-
cision the company appealed. The pend
ms. litigation is a test case and will be
nassed on by the supreme court Tor the
f,rst time. It is fraught with important
results. -. Il. .-. 80
The city has assessed the contracts Tor.
the wear 1902, and if the ruling OF the
lower court is upheld II VIII "heM ise
treat other corporations doing a similar
business here an example which will be-
followed throughout the state.
MENoMlNEE, MIcH.-A letter has
heen received from John J. Campoeli OF
Coll. Wis, stating that the name OF the
man who was run over py NoI'1 w
ern train in this place is not EoWaro
O,Eare as was supposed, but EDWARD
I5oIton. Holton worked for: the Bay SHORE
Lumber company near Coll, TINS summer.
The Michigan Telephone company eS--g
meets to expend between $4,000 and S8,Oeoi
! in improvements In this city. Most OF tne
ma terials have arrived and 1t Is expected
the work will start in two weeks.-The
Ann Arbor carferries will not attempt to-
navigate Green Bay the coming winter as
the business here at present does not
warrant the extra expense. rms Will Do,
| the first winter for many years that this:
company has not attempted to keep g.
| channel open across the bay from Menom-}
inee to Sturgeon Bay 1t has never sue
ceeded. however. The Barry Transport
tation company, however, intends to make
| the attempt. : i
! MARQUETTE, MICH.-A farmer named
| Brochert came to town with story, OF a.
CHASTITY discovery. While he was at work
in his field. his dog approached him with,
a. round object in it's mouth. This the;
canine dropped at the feet Of its MASTER,
| who was Mortified to find it the head OF
a. man. An investigation of the case has,
been started.-The Cleveland Cliffs Iron
| company is to make an important eXper-2
iment to determine the utility of the
waste or cut-over lands of the upper PEN,
! insula Near it's Bellevue farm at Me-
gaunee it is having tract mile square
fenced in, and next spring will turn In
the enclosure herd Of $50 cattle to be
purchased in southern Wisconsin. 4
| IsHPEMlNG, MIcH.-Mining officials
are advised that the Carnegie aid fund
is to be applied to the mines in which
4 Andrew Carnegie has interests. This will
| embrace the properties in this county OPP
Grated by the. Oliver Mining company
subsidiary to the steel trust. In case OF
the death of any miner, certain sum OF:
: money will be paid to the widow, with al :.
lowances for each child under the age OF
Is, all the payments to be made monthly
in order to provide a steady income. ;,