Cass Farm Co. v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Rohnert, J. Bill by the Cass Farm Company, Limited, and others, against the city of Detroit and others, to restrain the collection of a paving tax. From a decree for complainants, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
This bill was filed to enjoin the city of Detroit from paving a portion of Second avenue, and to have the proceedings taken with reference to said paving declared void, and the collection of assessments enjoined. The grounds of relief stated in the bill, in the amended bill, and in the supplemental bill are:
1. That the provisions of the charter and of the paving ordinances of the city, in so far as the same provide for an assessment of the cost of paving upon the abutting property in proportion to the frontage of such property, are in violation of the Constitution of the United States and the…
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