Upjohn v. Board of Health
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Kalamazoo. Bill of injunction. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
This suit is instituted to restrain the township board of health of the township of "Richland in the county of Kalamazoo from locating a burial place for the dead in the immediate vicinity of the dwelling house of the complainant in the incorporated village of Kichland in said township. The grounds of equitable jurisdiction which are assigned in the bill are, that the use of the proposed site for burial purposes will be detrimental to the health of the people of the village; that it will corrupt the water of their wells and render it unfit for use, and for these reasons become a public…
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