Case Name: SHERMAN (County Clerk) vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Sanilac)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1890-12-24
Citations: 1 McGrath 1540½
Docket Number: No. 11639
Parties: SHERMAN (County Clerk) vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Sanilac),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1540½–1543

Head Matter:
SHERMAN (County Clerk) vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Sanilac),
No. 11639,
84 M., 108.

Opinion:
To compel the allowance of certain fees for issuing subpoenas. to delinquent tax-payers, under Act No. 195, Laws of 1889, and for moneys paid the register of deeds for services in his office to ascertain the names of said owners.
Denied December 24, 1890.
Held, that there is no provision of law entitling the clerk to. such fees, nor is he required to make such searches; that the. claim is not one which the respondent board can be compelled to. audit and allow, although upon a proper showing the board may be required to act under Sec. 100 of said law, which provides that county officers shall be paid for services under this Act by salary or otherwise, as the board of supervisors shall determine.