Catsman v. City of Flint

The city of Flint appeals from the order of the circuit court of Genesee County finding the defendant city in contempt for failure to comply with the mandamus of the court. The plaintiff real estate developer sought from the court a temporary injunction ordering the city to hook up its sewer line to the sewer of plaintiff’s newly completed and occupied apartment development. The circuit court, confronted with a situation in which sewage was outpouring daily from plaintiff’s occupied apartments into open pits, found a health hazard to exist and on March 27, 1967, issued the temporary…