Mitchell v. City of Negaunee
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Marquette; Stone, J. Bill by Samuel Mitchell and others against the city of Negaunee, the Arbuckle-Ryan Company, and the Ft. Wayne Electric Corporation, to restrain the carrying out of certain contracts for the establishment of an electric light plant. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The city of Negaunee has a population of about 6,000 people. In 1896 it made a contract with the Arbuckle-Ryan Co. for a steam plant complete, for $3,474. At the same time it made a contract with the Ft. Wayne Electric Corporation for an electric plant complete, at a cost of $6,500. This proceeding is brought by the complainants, who are large taxpayers, to restrain the carrying out of these contracts. The circuit judge, after hearing the proofs in open court, dismissed the bill. Complainants appeal, assigning as grounds of their appeal:
1. The contracts were vitiated by the fraudulent conduct…
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