Abrey v. Livingstone
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne. (Reilly, J.) Bill to enjoin defendants from erecting and maintaining fences or walls on the outer sides of the parcels adjoining .the approach to the bridge leading to Belle Isle Park. Complainants appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
By Act No. 391, Local Acts of 1879, the city of Detroit was authorized to establish and regulate a park. Section 1 of the act gave the common council of the city power to purchase-the island in the Detroit river known as “ Belle Isle,” and to improve and use the same as a public park. Section 2 conferred the power upon the council, so far as the Legislature had a right to confer it, to erect and maintain a bridge over the American channel between the island and the main-land, and also the power to purchase and acquire sufficient real estate on said mainland, either within or without the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commissioners of Parks & Boulevards v. Common CouncilMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
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