Armstrong v. City of Detroit

Plaintiff brought suit to recover the amount of four instalments of a special assessment alleged to have been illegally levied against his property (lot 148 of J. W. Johnston’s subdivision in the city of Detroit), and interest thereon. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.

Defendant decided to build a crosstown thoroughfare, known as Vernor highway, and where it crossed Twenty-second street opened a new street for which the city condemned many parcels of private property, among them being lot 147 of Johnston’s subdivision, on the east side of Twenty-second street, though only the…