Township of Kalamazoo v. Kalamazoo Garbage Co.

Defendant is engaged in the collection and disposal of garbage for the city of Kalamazoo. The garbage is collected in the city and disposed of by feeding the same to a large number of hogs on a small tract located in the township of Kalamazoo. Plaintiffs seek an injunction to restrain the operation of defendant’s “piggery.” The case was tried at the same time and is a companion case to Township of Kalamazoo v. Lee, 228 Mich. 117. In that case we held, following Charlotte Board of Health v. Santee, 224 Mich. 182, that, in order to justify relief in a proceeding instituted by the board of…