Trowbridge v. City of Lansing

To dispose of garbage, the city of Lansing, in 1921, acquired about 250 acres of land and established a piggery thereon, in Delta township, Eaton county, three miles from the city. Suit was commenced to restrain the establishing of the piggery, but it was held to have been brought prematurely. City of Lansing v. Eaton Circuit Judge, 214 Mich. 117. A large number of hogs has been kept and the garbage collected ini the city has been fed daily. Garbage is defined by ordinance of the city:

“Garbage, within the meaning of this ordinance, shall be construed to mean rejected food wastes, and to…