Deshler v. Grigg

Plaintiffs bring this appeal of right following a bench trial and entry of a judgment against them. This appeal presents a single question of law, there being no challenge to the lower court’s determination of the facts:

Does MCL 41.95; MSA 5.82 authorize a township board to fix its own salaries by resolution without prior approval at the annual township meeting?

Plaintiffs are taxpayers of Cambridge Township, Lenawee County, Michigan, who are contesting a 1976 raise in salaries for the township trustees from $1,000 per year plus per diem for special meetings, to $1,200 without a per diem, and…