Doherty v. City of Detroit

The plaintiffs own lots on a boulevard, sometimes called Chicago boulevard, between Linwood avenue and Dexter boulevard, in Detroit. They seek, by this bill, to have vacated a special assessment for the widening and opening of the boulevard between Linwood and Dexter. They also pray that a special assessment for paving that portion of the boulevard be set aside. They had decree from which defendants have appealed.

We discuss first the assessment for paving. Under the city charter paving a boulevard is not a local improvement. Detroit Charter, tit. 6, chap. 3, § 2. Paving a street where…