Welch v. City of Lincoln Park

Defendant appeals from a decree holding the thoroughfare known as Emmons boulevard in the city of Lincoln Park in law and in fact a boulevard, setting aside the special assessment roll of its paving, ordering a refund of the assessments paid by abutting property owners, with interest at five per cent., and permanently enjoining the collection of the unpaid balances on such assessments.

The easterly boundary of the city of Lincoln Park is the south branch of the Ecorse river, which is also the westerly boundary of the city of Wyandotte. The 80-foot thoroughfare, with parkways 22 feet wide on…