Muskegon Traction & Lighting Co. v. City of Muskegon
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Muskegon; Sessions, J. Bill by the Muskegon Traction & Lighting Company against the city of Muskegon and the mayor and members of the common council thereof, and others, to enjoin the establishment of a municipal lighting plant. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
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Appeal from Muskegon; Sessions, J. Bill by the Muskegon Traction & Lighting Company against the city of Muskegon and the mayor and members of the common council thereof, and others, to enjoin the establishment of a municipal lighting plant. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals. The bill of complaint is filed in this cause for the purpose of enjoining the city of Muskegon and its officers from issuing bonds of said city in the sum of $75,000 for the construction of an electric lighting plant for the purpose of supplying the city of Muskegon and the inhabitants thereof with…
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
(after stating the facts). Appellant states the vital questions presented as follows:
“(1) The character and validity of the so-called lighting plant sinking fund attempted to be created by the council of said city.
“(2) Whether the above-quoted section 42 of title 7 of the charter of said city is null and void as against the rights and franchises of complainant, in that said section *336is in violation of section 1 of article 14 of the Constitution of the United States, for the reason that at the time of the granting of the aforesaid franchises now owned hy complainant, and in reliance upon which…
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