Gallagher v. City of Detroit

Plaintiff by a bill in equity seeks cancellation of a special paving assessment levied against property located on the northeast corner of Grand River avenue and what is now denominated St. Mary’s avenue in the city of Detroit. The assessment is for paving St. Mary’s avenue adjacent to plaintiff’s property. It is claimed that the property is not subject to this assessment because the thoroughfare as laid out and dedicated in Norwood subdivision was and is a boulevard both in law and in fact; and also because plaintiff’s predecessor in title and in office donated a substantial amount of…