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Municipal Corporations--Annexation-Violation Of Due Process, Joseph M. Kortenhof S.Ed.
Municipal Corporations--Annexation-Violation Of Due Process, Joseph M. Kortenhof S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The City of Silver Grove brought a proceeding to incorporate within its boundaries a parcel of defendant railroad's land under a general law of annexation. It was shown that the land sought to be annexed contained nothing but switchyards, roundhouses, refrigeration plants and other facilities designed exclusively for railroad purposes. It was further shown that the city could make no use of the land nor could it benefit the land in any way since the railroad had complete electrical, sanitation and police facilities. Defendant railroad entered a remonstrance to which the city generally demurred. The trial court sustained the demurrer. …
Conflict Of Laws-Enforcement Of Foreign Claims For Taxes And Workmen's Compensation Premiums, C. J. Rice S. Ed.
Conflict Of Laws-Enforcement Of Foreign Claims For Taxes And Workmen's Compensation Premiums, C. J. Rice S. Ed.
Michigan Law Review
By reason of work done in Ohio, defendant-employer came within the provisions of that state's compulsory workmen's compensation law. The State of Ohio sought to collect insurance premiums due the state fund by an action brought in a Kentucky court. Defendant demurred on the ground that the claim was in the nature of one for taxes, and hence unenforceable extraterritorially. On appeal from an order sustaining the demurrer, held, reversed. Regardless of whether or not the claim for premiums can be classified as one for taxes, Kentucky courts may act as forums for the collection of foreign tax claims. …