Oakland County Drain Com'r v. City of Royal Oak

Earl L. Clark, county drain commissioner for the county of Oakland, Michigan, plaintiff, filed a petition for declaration of rights naming as defendants various cities and townships and individual landowners within the Royal Oak drain district in the county of Oakland, the county itself, the State highway commissioner, the State land office board, and holders of the drain district’s bonds. There being a large number of landowner-taxpayers and bondholders interested, the individual defendants were designated as representing the class to which they belong as well as themselves. In order to…