Northrup v. City of Jackson

Under its former charter, Act No. 353, Local Acts 1895, and its present charter adopted under the home rule act, 1 Oomp. Laws 1929, § 2228 et seq., the city of Jackson had and has authority to establish sewers and improve Grand River, a natural watercourse, for a certain distance beyond the city limits. For many years the city has emptied its raw sewage into Grand River.

Plaintiffs live on their farm some 12 miles north of the city. Grand River bounds the farm on the north. They claim that increasingly for 10 years, and particularly since 1930, city sewage has polluted the stream at their farm…