Mills v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne. (Hosmer, J.) Bill to ónjoin the collection of a sewer assessment* Defendant city appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
This suit is to enjoin the collection of a sewer assessment, on the ground that the original ordering of the sewer, as well as the subsequent laying and. levying of the assessment to pay for it, was illegal.
It appears that the matter was first brought to the •attention ,of the common council by a petition. The board of public works, to which it was referred, recommended that the petition be granted, without giving any estimate of the cost of -construction. .The council, without any other report ■ or any further information in the matter/ and at the same session, ordered it built. Bids were…
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