Posselius v. City of Detroit

TUTTLE, District Judge.

This is a suit by certain taxpayers to restrain tho city of Detroit from collecting a special assessment levied against land of the plaintiffs in said city, on the grounds that said assessment was arbitrary and illegal and that unless enjoined it would deprive the plaintiffs of property without due process of law, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The cause has been heard and submitted on hill and answer and on the proofs taken in open court.

The special assessment in question represents the portion (one-half) of the cost of…