Seltzer v. Sterling Township

This law action was brought in the Macomb county circuit court to recover from defendant township the sum of $150 per lot, totaling $8,-400, paid by plaintiffs as a privilege fee for “capital improvements.” Payments were made under protest and the township was aware of the protest. The payments were in addition to water tap-in fees of $125 per lot paid under the Sterling township water ordinance. The tap-in fees are not involved in this action. In addition to the privilege fee and the tap-in fee, plaintiffs paid the water rate established by the ordinance based npon the amount of water used…