Home Owners' Loan Corp. v. City of Detroit

Plaintiff corporation made loans upon various properties in the city of Detroit. At that time many delinquent water bills affecting those properties were paid. It has since acquired title to a number of such properties either through conveyance after default or by foreclosure of its mortgages. Since acquiring title, plaintiff has paid water bills as they became due. During the period that some of these mortgages were in force, the mortgagors or those holding possession under them failed to pay defendants for the water that was used on the premises, and it is with respect to these unpaid bills…