Legal Opinion

Thayer v. City of Grand Rapids

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided August 1, 1890PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Error to superior court of Grand Eapids. (Burlingame, J.) Assumpsit. Both parties bring error from a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.

The charter of the city of Grand Kapids contains the following provisions:

“ Whenever the common council shall determine that the whole or any part of the expense of any public improvement shall be defrayed by an assessment on the owners or occupants of houses and land to be benefited thereby, they shall declare the same by an entry in their minutes, and after ascertaining, as provided in section two of this title, the estimated expense of such improvement, they shall declare by an entry in their minutes whether the whole or what portion thereof shall be assessed to such owners and occupants,…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. National Bank v. City of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Barnhart v. City of Grand RapidsMichigan Supreme Court · 1926
  3. Judd v. City of St. CloudSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1936
  4. State Ex Rel. Booth v. TatroWashington Supreme Court · 1939
  5. Bray v. Department of StateMichigan Supreme Court · 1983

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