Case Name: MARATHON TOWNSHIP vs. OREGON TOWNSHIP
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1878
Citations: 1 McGrath 1419
Docket Number: 
Parties: MARATHON TOWNSHIP vs. OREGON TOWNSHIP,
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1419–1419

Head Matter:
MARATHON TOWNSHIP vs. OREGON TOWNSHIP,
8 M., 371.

Opinion:
Where after the division of a township, the township boards have made and determined the amount of the township indebtedness to be paid by the new township, such, amount is a fixed and liquidated demand against such new township, which it is the duty of the township board to allow, and if such board refuses to perform such duty, mandamus to compel its performance is the proper remedy and not assumpsit.