Forbes v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Brooke, J. Bill by Jeannette Fisher Forbes against the city of Detroit and D. W. H. Moreland, commissioner of public works, to restrain the revocation of a building license. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals. Bill by Leopold Freud against Jeannette Fisher Forbes to abate a nuisance. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
Mrs. Forbes was for many years the owner of a triangular lot situate at the junction of Lafayette and Michigan avenues, in the city of Detroit. Upon this lot was a building the walls of which were built upon the street line. This building did not extend to the point of the triangle, but the space not occupied by the building was covered by stone steps, which extended beyond the lot limits at all points. There were also areas under the sidewalks of both streets with steps downward, outside the building, and in one place the walk was raised several inches, to accommodate a steam boiler in the…
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