Legal Opinion
Bates v. City of Hastings
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided September 20, 1906No. Docket No. 19PublishedCited by 18 opinions
Appeal from Barry; Wolcott, J., presiding. Bill by Richard M. Bates and Frank R. Pancoast against the city of Hastings and others to enjoin the illegal expenditure of public funds. From an order overruling a demurrer to the bill, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, C. J.
The opinion of Judge Wolcott in •disposing of this case in the lower court is so satisfactory that we adopt it as the main portion of the opinion of this court. That opinion is as follows:
“The complainants bring this suit as property owners and taxpayers in the city of Hastings. The bill charges, in effect, a conspiracy on' the part of the defendants to raise money in the city of Hastings under the guise of taxation for public purposes, but with the intent to use the same in the payment of bonuses to induce manufacturing and industrial enterprises to locate within the corporate limits of the…
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