Freeland v. City of Sturgis

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from an order dismissing their bill of complaint filed to restrain the misapplication of the revenues received by the city of Sturgis from its municipally owned hydro-electric plant. The bill alleges that the city is operating under a special charter authorized by the home rule act (1 Comp. Laws 1915, § 3304 et seq.); that for 19 years it has owned and operated a hydro-electric plant furnishing light and power to its citizens; that, to acquire the plant, it issued bonds to the amount of $175,000, of which $93,000 are still outstanding; that its net receipts…