Ahearn v. Bloomfield Charter Township

Plaintiffs appeal as of right the circuit court’s order granting defendant’s motion for summary disposition. We affirm.

The material facts of this case are undisputed. During the late 1920s, the Oakland County drain commissioner constructed a combined storm water and sanitary sewer system in an area of the county that was primarily vacant. Today, those sewers (hereafter referred to as the Bloomfield Village System) serve residents and commercial establishments in portions of the city of Birmingham, the city of Bloomfield Hills, and the defendant Bloomfield Charter Township. The Bloomfield…