Legal Opinion
Kinner v. Spencer
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided March 2, 1932No. Docket Nos. 11, 12, 13, Calendar Nos. 35,540, 35,541, 35,542PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
These cases were consolidated when heard by the trial court. In all of them the plaintiffs seek to enjoin the collection of taxes assessed to pay for the construction of what is known as the “Southfield Storm Sewer Drain.” The validity of the proceedings taken to establish this drain was before this court in Clinton v. Spencer, 250 Mich. 135. In a lengthy opinion, written by Mr. Justice Butzel, it was said:
“The first question that confronts us is whether the drain law of 1923 (Act No. 316, Pub. Acts 1923), as amended in 1925 and 1927, affords any authority for building an underground sewer.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Clinton v. SpencerMichigan Supreme Court · 1930
3Cited by14 opinions
- Royal Oak Drain Dist., Oakland County, Mich. v. KeefeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1937
- City of Highland Park v. Oakland County Drain CommissionerMichigan Supreme Court · 1942
- Village of Oak Park v. VanwagonerMichigan Supreme Court · 1935
- Bloomfield Village Drain Dist. v. KeefeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1941
- Emerick v. Saginaw TownshipMichigan Court of Appeals · 1981
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