Township of Merritt v. Harp
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Bay; Shepard, J. Bill by the township o£ Merritt against William Harp, drain commissioner of Tuscola county, and Francis Dawson and William Findlay, highway commissioners of Gilford and Denmark townships, respectively, in said county, to restrain the flooding of complainant’s highways. From an order overruling separate demurrers to the bill, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This is an appeal from an order -overruling the several demurrers of defendants to the bill, of complaint. The bill alleges that there are in said township numerous highways, bridges, and culverts, constructed, built, and maintained at the public expense, and controlled by the township. It sets out the location of these highways, bridges, and culverts, and the cost; that there are certain low lands in the township, and no outlet by which water brought upon such lands can escape, but that the water remains and forms a nuisance, and endangers the public health, and should be abated. The bill…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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