Legal Opinion
Thayer Lumber Co. v. City of Muskegon
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided March 31, 1908No. Docket No. 159PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal from Muskegon; Sessions, J. Bill by the Thayer Lumber Company against the city of Muskegon, the common council of said city, and the board of assessors of special sewer district No. 7, to set aside proceedings for the construction of certain sewers. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The quoted part of this opinion — the principal part — is taken from the opinion of Judge Sessions, the trial judge, rendered in disposing of the case in the court below.
“ On August 20, 1906, the council of the city of Muskegon duly adopted a resolution creating and constituting a. special sewer district therein designated as 4 Special Sewer District No. 7,’ describing with particularity the lands constituting such district, including those of complainant, declaring the construction of sanitary sewers within such district to be a necessary public improvement, providing that 25 per cent, of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Byram v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1883
- Auditor General v. CalkinsMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
- W. F. Stewart Co. v. City of FlintMichigan Supreme Court · 1907
- Townsend v. City of ManisteeMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
- Parsons v. City of Grand RapidsMichigan Supreme Court · 1905
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3Cited by10 opinions
- City of Muskogee v. RamboSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- City of Coalgate v. GentiliniSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
- Orr v. City of CushingSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
- Thayer Lumber Co. v. City of MuskegonMichigan Supreme Court · 1909
- Smith v. City of GardenMichigan Supreme Court · 1963
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