Case Name: WARREN SCHARF ASPHALT PAVING CO. vs. SECRETARY OF STATE
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1897-12-07
Citations: 1 McGrath 1708
Docket Number: 
Parties: WARREN SCHARF ASPHALT PAVING CO. vs. SECRETARY OF STATE,
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1708–1708

Head Matter:
WARREN SCHARF ASPHALT PAVING CO. vs. SECRETARY OF STATE,
4 D. L. N., 819.

Opinion:
To compel respondent to record certificates of increase of capital stock.
Granted December 7, 1897.
Relator had, from time to time prior to April, 1891, increased ' its capital stock from $60,000 to $750,000, and in May, 1895, it was increased to $950,000, but no certificates of such increases had been filed. In September, 1897, relator filed the certificates of increase with a recording fee of one dollar, and a franchise fee of one-half of one mill provided for by the Act of 1893, on the last, increase of capital. Respondent insisted upon a franchise fee of one-half of one mill on the prior increases as well, but the court held that the Act of 1893 was not retroactive.