117 Mich. 305 | Mich. | 1898
The respondent refused to receive and file in his office the reports of delinquent taxes for the year 1897. The city of Jackson thereupon applied to the circuit court for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent to receive and file the reports, and proceed, under the law, to the sale of the delinquent lands. The writ was granted,
Under the charter of the city prior to 1897, such sales were conducted by the recorder of the city. By Act No. 376, Local Acts 1897, chap. 23, § 11, the charter was amended, providing that the city treasurer should make returns for lands delinquent for taxes to the county treasurer, to be collected under the general laws of the State.
The judgment is affirmed, and the respondent directed to proceed in accordance with this opinion.