The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-02-17
CITY Defendant
IN TAX SUITS
HERMAN RAu AND OTnERR FILED
SUMMONS LAST SATURDAY.
cLA.as TAXES ARE INVALID
Would not State Grounds For Objections
as They Have not Decided Which
Point 10 Contest on.

City Clerk Munns was served with a
summons 10 appear before Judge Stone.
a. representative of the City OF Crystal
Falls. at the term Of court beginning
next Monday, in suit for damages
filed by Herman Ran AS agent for
Marie Rau. The amount OF the dam.
ages in set at ~. 600
No further information was available
from the records 6led with County
Clerk Wall excepting that there were
several others soncerned in the suit.
those mentioned being Chas. Neiga
beauer and Richard Wehse. No at
torney's name appeared upon the sum
mons 40, 10 get at the facts in the
matter. a reporter for this paper called
upon Mr.. Rau last Monday.
Eyes | have filed suit against the
city for a.. 0OO''. said Mr. Ran. THE
claim IN for taxes which and others
have paid under protest
1--WE have not commenced suit yet ;
simply filed the summons. Under the
law, as we understand IL. IL IL neces-
sary for tax payer. in order to re-
cover for taxes paid under protest. 10
tile an action inside OF thirty days.
We are simply keeping within limita-
tions OF the law. We have ffeten days
yet in which 70 begin suit
"What grounds are you asking for a
refund Of your money upon. we
asked
Upon the ground that the roll IL
invalid. We have several points upon
which we can base our case
Would you mind stating the
points,. we continued.
- II don care TO do that for publica
bn. ns we have not decided yet Just
which one or ones we shall set up.
'Haye you retained attorneys in the
case. was our next query.
'Yes. We have Cook a. Pelham, Of
Iron Mountain. to represent ne .
DO you mind telling US whom the
parties are that are with Jon in this
sase. -
"That will all come out in time
was the reply.
We then went 20 the ofice of
Treasurer Henry and learned that a
sumber Of tax payers had paid their
taxes under protest and that they had
sled written statements Of the reasons
why they 80 protested and said state
ments were on file
The taxpayers. so paying. and the
taxes they paid with valuations etc
ara as follows
Schwartz q wehse. Lot valuation
$500 tax 5000
Cooperate Mercantile company
personal tax on their merchandise,
Gxtures. horses etc valuation 3, 900
tax i02. 80
Finnish a. Swedish cooperative
Mercantile company on lot 1876. ware
house next to Gammons' valuation
33e5; taxes Sill
Marie Rau. residence on Marquette
ave valuation $500: taxes $27. 30.
Richard wehse. lots 1873 a. 1874 tnex,
TO Miesler's residence) valuation siJO,
taxes &5.l6.
Richard Wehse. lots 2i9 a 220 ta,
head OF Superior ave- valuation $3.50
taxes $oQ07
Richard Wehse. lota 1915 a. 1856.
Schwartzs addition next to the Berg
property on Mich. Ave. valuation
t450s taxes ti5.3g.
Richard Wehse. personal. lstock Of
paints. fixtures. and chattels) yaiua
tion $3.50 taxes Ss.55
John Tufte Co. personal stock OF
merchandise. fixtures. horses. wagons
etc. valuation e.. 500. taxes ss5. "a.
Osterberg ~ Co personal. lstock OF
gonis fixtures, horses. wagons etcl.
Va alton si. 600. taxes $34i7.
Herman Steinback lpersonal pro
&EtY house -etc.-nn Lamont location
/ siuAtIon $50. taxes Ss. S.
J. b. Schwartz. residence property
ON Fifth street, valuation AZ. 900. taxes
<lU2. 30.
Mr.. Schwartz has other property bnI
AZ much Of IL was not marked "pro.
tested ON the roll we have not includ
ed Il in the list
While the prime movers in the suit
were silent "a 70 the points upon
which they object 10 the tax roll OF
last year, IL Is whispered about town
that the reason. principally urged. /,
that the bank was left off the roll.
Another reason is the undervaluation