Case Name: AUDITOR GENERAL vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Grand Traverse)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1889-01-11
Citations: 1 McGrath 1315
Docket Number: 
Parties: AUDITOR GENERAL vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Grand Traverse),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1315–1315

Head Matter:
AUDITOR GENERAL vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Grand Traverse),
73 M., 182.

Opinion:
To compel respondents to levy a tax for tbe amount due tbe State from said county.
Granted January 11, 1889.
Tbe board insisted upon its right to set off a sum claimed by it to be due. from tbe State.
TIeld, that a set-off is in its nature in assumpsit, and tbe right to make it is only an irregular form of action against tbe State.