Hoad v. Van Wagoner

Plaintiffs, engineers residing in Ann Arbor, Michigan, claim that they were employed as consulting engineers by the inter-county drainage board of Oakland, Macomb, Lapeer and St. Clair counties to lay out a drainage district embracing an area of some 100 square miles, almost exclusively in Oakland and Macomb counties. Suit was brought against a number of parties including the inter-county drainage board and the drain commissioners, but not the treasurers of the respective counties. The drain commissioners of Lapeer and St. Clair counties were joined as parties defendant though the amount…