Legal Opinion

Bond v. Cowan

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided June 14, 1935No. Docket No. 125, Calendar No. 38,501PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWiest, J.

This is a- suit by a taxpayer to enjoin the issuance of negotiable, general obligation, serial coupon bonds of the county of Wayne, authorized by the board of supervisors for Wayne county, to raise funds to construct a warehouse at Eloise Hospital and Infirmary, a county institution.

Plaintiff contends' that such bonds cannot issue without submission to and approval by a vote of the electors of the county, and prosecutes this appeal from a decision to the contrary.

Counsel for plaintiff concedes that Wayne county has the power to erect the proposed warehouse and to borrow money for such purpose…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Merrill v. MonticelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. Brenham v. German American BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1892

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Alan v. Wayne CountyMichigan Supreme Court · 1972
  2. Brownstown Township v. Wayne CountyMichigan Court of Appeals · 1976
  3. Mosier v. Wayne County Board of AuditorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1940
  4. Wright v. BartzMichigan Supreme Court · 1954
  5. United States v. MichiganDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1991

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