Goodrich v. Detroit
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP MICHIGAN. This was a bill in equity filed in the circuit court for the county of Wayne by Goodrich and another against the city of Detroit and its treasurer, to enjoin the defendants from enforcing the collection of certain taxes assessed upon several parcels of property owned by the plaintiffs, for benefits derived-from the opening of Milwaukee avenue, upon the ground, amongst others, that such assessment was in violation of the…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP MICHIGAN. This was a bill in equity filed in the circuit court for the county of Wayne by Goodrich and another against the city of Detroit and its treasurer, to enjoin the defendants from enforcing the collection of certain taxes assessed upon several parcels of property owned by the plaintiffs, for benefits derived-from the opening of Milwaukee avenue, upon the ground, amongst others, that such assessment was in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, and deprived plaintiffs of their property without due process of law. These proceedings were taken…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This case .raises the question whether certain proceedings taken under the Compiled Laws of Michigan for the assessment of benefits upon neighboring lots derived from the'opening of Milwaukee avenue, in the city of Detroit, deprived the ■owners of such lots of their property without due process of law.
These proceedings began with a resolution of the common council declaring the necessity of opening the street. Thereupon the city petitioned the recorder’s court for a jury to determine the necessity of such improvements and of taking private property, (a map or plan of which was annexed to the…
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