Corliss v. Village of Highland Park
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Brooke, J. Bill by John B. Corliss against the village of Highland Park and William H. Davison, village treasurer, to restrain the collection of a special assessment. The Detroit Savings Bank intervened as the owner of a warrant payable from said assessment. From the decree rendered, all parties appeal. In 1899 the common council of the village of Highland Park took proceedings to establish sewer district No. 17, and to construct a sewer in the district.
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Appeal from Wayne; Brooke, J. Bill by John B. Corliss against the village of Highland Park and William H. Davison, village treasurer, to restrain the collection of a special assessment. The Detroit Savings Bank intervened as the owner of a warrant payable from said assessment. From the decree rendered, all parties appeal. In 1899 the common council of the village of Highland Park took proceedings to establish sewer district No. 17, and to construct a sewer in the district. The expenses of the sewer were fixed at the sum of $14,531.44, all of -which was assessed upon land in the district.…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
{after stating the facts). 1. Is the assessment void because two of the members of the common council were owners of land in the assessment district? The law under which the defendant village is incorporated provides that no tax or assessment shall be imposed, or any public improvement ordered, unless by a concurring vote of two-thirds of the trustees-elect. 1 Comp. Laws, § 2752. The council, by appropriate resolution, fixed the assessment district, which included lands belonging to these two councilmen. Then the board of assessors, provided for by section 2832, 1 Comp. Laws, met, made the *156ass…
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