Romulus City Treasurer v. Wayne County Drain Commissioner

Plaintiffs (city and township treasurers and individual taxpayers) filed a two-count complaint in Wayne County Circuit Court on July 2, 1976. Count I, brought by township and city treasurers, sought declaratory and temporary and permanent injunctive relief from 1975 and 1976 special drain assessments. Plaintiffs-treasurers alleged that the defendant, Wayne County Drain Commissioner, was without jurisdiction to levy such taxes for the reasons that (i) the work was not in fact performed within two years prior to the assessments, (ii) the special assessments exceeded $800 per mile, (iii) the…