Attorney General ex rel. Sheley v. City of Detroit

The Attorney General files this information to enjoin the corporate authorities of the city of Detroit from carrying into execution a contract made by the city ■comptroller with the Brush Electric Light Company for lighting the streets and public places of the city for one year from and after June 30, 1884. The contract price was ninety-five thousanddollars. The information is filed in equity on the relation of two tax-payers of the city of Detroit, who aver that their proportion of the tax which must be levied for the fulfilment of the contract will exceed one hundred dollars.. The ground of…