Houseman v. City of Detroit

The plaintiffs in these two cases and in 22 others filed bills of complaint in the circuit court of Wayne county, in chancery, by which each sought to have assessments against his property for paving the thoroughfare upon which it fronted declared to he null and void; to have the city of Detroit enjoined from collecting further assessments and to be decreed to return assessments already paid. This relief was sought upon the theory that in each instance the thoroughfare was a boulevard and the cost of pavement thereon a charge against the city at large and under its charter payable from…