Dietrich v. Schremms
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Saginaw; Wilber, J. Bill by John Dietrich and others to restrain George Schremms and others, officers of the township of James, from employing a tender for, and making repairs upon, a certain drawbridge. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
Complainants, who are taxpayers of the township of James, in Saginaw county, filed the bill in this case to enjoin the highway commissioner from making repairs on a bridge across the Tittabawassee river, known as the “Merrill Bridge,” and to enjoin the employment of a bridge tender, and the payment of orders which had then been issued for repairs of said bridge. In the court below the bill was dismissed. Complainants appeal.
The record shows that the river at the place crossed by the bridge is the dividing line betwéen the townships of Saginaw and James. The bridge is a drawbridge. The greater…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- People ex rel. Le Roy v. HurlbutMichigan Supreme Court · 1871
- Washer v. Bullitt CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Commonwealth v. CoombsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
- Maxwell v. Bay City Bridge Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1879
- Robertson v. BaxterMichigan Supreme Court · 1885
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