Chaffee v. Granger

Campbell J.:

This case comes up on appeal from the decree of the Circuit Court for the County of Wayne, enjoining the collection of a judgment which the defendant Granger recovered against the City of Detroit. His co - defendant, Cicott, was made a party, as sheriff, holding the execution which had Issued upon the judgment.

The bill was filed by Amos Chaffee, as a tax payer of the city of Detroit, on behalf of himself and the other tax payers, claiming that the judgment was rendered against the City by collusion and fraud, upon an illegal claim, in violation of the city charter. The case shows…