Detroit Trust Co. v. Dingman

In this case plaintiffs seek injunctive relief by way of restraining defendants from assessing and collecting taxes imposed on plaintiffs’ properties for the construction of a drain in the township of Grosse lie, Wayne county, Michigan; and also to compel repayment to plaintiffs of taxes and assessments heretofore paid by them for the construction of the drain. Decision turns on whether these drain assessments were imposed upon plaintiffs’ properties without warrant of law. After a hearing on the merits the circuit judge entered a decree restraining the future collection or reassessment of…