Village of Manchester v. Clarkson
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Jackson; Parkinson, J. Assumpsit in justice’s court by the village of Manchester against Edgar B. Clarkson for the recovery of a delinquent sewer tax. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appealed to the circuit court. Judgment for defendant on a directed verdict. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Steere, J..
This action was brought under section
2848, 1 Comp. Laws (1 Comp. Laws. 1915, § 2721), to recover of defendant a delinquent tax of $46.55 imposed by special assessment upon two lots owned by him in block 22 of the village of Manchester as his proper proportion of the cost of a sewer which ran centrally through said block across his two lots conveniently back of business buildings located upon them.
Acting upon a petition of property owners in the district to be affected, the village council of Manchester in the year 1914 decided that the proposed sewer was a necessary public…
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