Case Name: CITY OF BIG RAPIDS vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Mecosta)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1894-03-20
Citations: 1 McGrath 1393
Docket Number: No. 13704
Parties: CITY OF BIG RAPIDS vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Mecosta),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1393–1393

Head Matter:
CITY OF BIG RAPIDS vs. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (Mecosta),
No. 13704,
99 M., 351.
(Error to Mecosta.)

Opinion:
To compel respondent to pay a certain sewer tax assessed against county property, consisting of the court house and jail.
The circuit judge denied the writ. Affirmed March 20, 1894, with costs.
Held, that there is no statute authorizing a tax upon the property of the county.
'The writ of error was issued in this case prior to the adoption of Supreme Court Rule No. 12 (old Rule No. 65), which provides for the review of such an order by certiorari.