Rusak v. Acme Township

The central issue in this case is whether the defendant township properly established a special assessment district to fund a sanitary sewer construction project. Plaintiff landowners filed a complaint seeking a declaratory judgment that the district was not properly established and that the resulting special assessment was invalid. The trial court granted defendant summary judgment under GCR 1963, 117.2(1) and 117.2(3). Plaintiffs then appealed to this Court, which summarily affirmed by order dated September 9, 1981. Thereafter, plaintiffs applied for leave to appeal to the Michigan Supreme…