Romulus City Treasurer v. Wayne County Drain Commissioner

Plaintiffs commenced this action, to set aside a drain assessment and for refund of amounts paid for 1975 and 1976, in equity. They assert that a drain commissioner has no authority to reassess a drainage district to pay the administrative expenses of his office and that therefore the assessments levied in this case are illegal.

In the companion case of Wikman v Novi, ante, p 617, decided today, we consider whether the Tax Tribunal Act confers on the Tax Tribunal jurisdiction of an appeal from a decision levying a special assessment. We would, in that case, hold that the circuit court retains…