City of Sault Ste. Marie v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Chippewa; Fead, J. Assumpsit by the city of Sault Ste. Marie against the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company for a special sewer tax. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtKuhn, J.
This is an action in assumpsit, brought to recover payment for certain special taxes levied by the plaintiff against the defendant, arising out of the construction of a sewer known as the “Meridian Street Sewer System,” which sewer was adjacent to some of the right of way of the property of the defendant company.
In the year 1909 the plaintiff city, in accordance with the provisions of its charter, proceeded to take steps to levy a special assessment for the construction of this sewer system. Two-thirds of the cost of construction thereof was to be paid by the property owners to be benefited…
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