Township of Garfield v. Young

Garfield township, in Grand Traverse county, filed a bill of complaint in the circuit court for that county to enjoin the defendant from instituting or operating a junk yard or place to dismantle automobiles on certain property in said township. The defendant moved to dismiss for certain reasons hereinafter referred to. The trial court heard and granted the motion and the township appeals.

The defendant claimed, and still does, that the township ordinance on which appellant bases its case, in requiring that one who desires to engage in the operation of a junk yard or place for dismantling…