Scovel v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Donovan, J. Bill by Massie W. Scovel and others against the city of Detroit and others to restrain the construction of a speedway in a public street. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The complainants are taxpayers in Detroit who own land abutting on the Western Boulevard between Holden avenue and McGraw avenue. The purpose of the bill is to enjoin the building of a speedway 30 feet wide and about five-eighths of a mile long through the central part of the boulevard which is now given over to grass, trees, shrubs, and flowers, and which is from % to 8 feet above the roadway on each side thereof. The common council recommended to the board of estimates the appropriating of |6,000 for this purpose, which appropriation was passed by the board of estimates. The prayer of the…
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