Ripperger v. City of Grand Rapids

The superior court of Grand Rapids .granted a request of the water resources commission and decreed that the city of Grand Rapids construct adequate sewage disposal facilities and refrain from further pollution of the Grand river. The city commission complied by enacting ordinance 1340, thereby placing the entire sewage disposal service on a utility basis, and also prescribed rates for the use of same.

Plaintiffs do not question the commission’s action in the passage of the ordinance, or the authorization •or sale of the bonds. This appeal presents to this 'Court 2 questions:

1. Did the city of…