Younglas v. City of Flint

Plaintiffs, as taxpayers of defendant city, seek to enjoin defendants from conveying, without consideration therefor, city property, used as a public park, to the United States govern*578ment' as a site for a reserve armory school. After hearing on a show canse order and on the merits a decree entered denying injunctive relief and dismissing plaintiffs’ bill of complaint. They appeal.

Plaintiffs urge, as controlling, Michigan Constitution of. 1908, art 8, § 25, which reads, in part:

“No city or village shall have power * * * to loan'its credit, nor to assess, levy or collect any tax or assessment…