Legal Opinion
Loomis v. Rogers
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 26, 1917No. Docket No. 145PublishedCited by 62 opinions
Appeal from Ionia; Houghton, J., presiding. Bill by Arthur P. Loomis against Frank F. Rogers, State highway commissioner, to restrain the construction of a highway. From a decree dismissing the bill, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
In this proceeding plaintiff contests the constitutionality of the so-called Covert act, being Act No. 59, Pub. Acts 1915 (1 Comp. Laws 1915, § 4671 et seq.), entitled:
“An act to provide for the construction and improvement of highways, to borrow money therefor, and the assessment and collection of taxes for the construction thereof, and to limit the sums of money-to be paid by counties for highway purposes.”
The controversy also incidentally involves the validity of Act No. 125, Pub. Acts 1917, passed at the last session of the legislature (1917) and given immediate effect, amending the…
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