Case Name: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Ottawa) vs. AUDITOR GENERAL
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1888-03-02
Citations: 1 McGrath 1019
Docket Number: 
Parties: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Ottawa) vs. AUDITOR GENERAL,
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1019–1019

Head Matter:
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Ottawa) vs. AUDITOR GENERAL,
69 M., 1.

Opinion:
To compel payment over of taxes assessed for township, school and highway purposes, for certain years, which had been' collected through respondent's office.
Denied March 2, 1888.
Held, that the State cannot be sued in its own courts without its consent. Ambler vs. Auditor-General, 38 M., 746 (1023).