Graham v. City of Grand Rapids
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from superior court of Grand Rapids; Stuart, J. Bill by Robert D. Graham and others against the city of Grand Rapids for an injunction against a special assessment. From a decree for defendant, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This is a bill filed to enjoin a special assessment made to pay the cost of making a covered sewer out of an open one, and placing a pumping station at its lower end, for the purpose of pumping the contents of the sewer over an embankment in times of high water iñ the river into which the sewer flows, so as to prevent backwater from the river overflowing the lands through which the sewer flows. This work was undertaken because the constant annual cleaning of the open ditch was expensive, and because the báckwater from the river in times of high water menaced the health of the citizens.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Thomas v. GainMichigan Supreme Court · 1876
- Brown v. City of Grand RapidsMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
- Warren v. City of Grand HavenMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
- Brewer v. City of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Collins v. Mayor of HolyokeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
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3Cited by4 opinions
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