Legal Opinion

Davies v. City of Saginaw

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 28, 1891PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from Saginaw. (Gage, J.) Bill to restrain the collection of a special assessment. Defendants appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtMcGrath, J.

Complainants file their bill to restrain the collection of an assessment for paving Genesee avenue from Hoyt to Hartsuff streets.

On the 6th of September, 1886, the council declared the paving of said avenue “with sapless cedar blocks, to rest upon sound pine boards, laid upon a bed of sand or gravel not less than three inches in depth, prepared on the subgrade of the street to receive the same, the pavement itself to be curbed the whole length of each side thereof with stone curb securely set in a bed of bank sand or gravel, and, when complete, to be covered with a dressing of gravel, all in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Cuming v. City of Grand RapidsMichigan Supreme Court · 1881

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Owens v. City of MarionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  2. Auditor General v. CalkinsMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Robertson Lumber Co. v. City of Grand ForksNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Kirkland v. Board of Public WorksIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Power v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1905

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