Dawley v. Ingham Circuit Judge

The city of Lansing functions under a so-called home-rule charter. The common council, assuming power under the provisions of Act No. 207, Pub. Acts 1921 (Comp. Laws Supp. 1922, § 3480 [3-11]), by ordinance, created a zoning system. The city attorney, acting in concert with private owners of property, filed a bill in the circuit court for the county of Ingham, in chancery, and obtained a temporary injunction, restraining plaintiff in this proceeding from constructing a building in alleged violation of such ordinance. The circuit judge held the ordinance valid and the mentioned statute…