City of Kalamazoo v. Kalamazoo Circuit Judge
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by the city of Kalamazoo to compel George V. Weimer, circuit judge of Kalamazoo county, to vacate an order dismissing an action for the violation of an ordinance.
1Opinion of the CourtFellows, J.
(after stating the facts). Two minor objections are made to the validity of this ordinance. These we will first consider.
It is insisted that the penalties are excessive, and it is pointed out that, due to the large number of consumers with which the gas company deals, in the aggregate the sums for which the company would be liable in penalties would be enormous. This fact may *150be sufficient to give an equity court jurisdiction to entertain a bill filed to test its validity and to restrain enforcement of its provisions pendente lite. Smyth v. Ames, 169 U. S. 466, 517; Ex parte Young, 209 U. S.…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Home Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Detroit v. Detroit Citizens' Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
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